Definition and Examples
- Definition
- An unlawful attack by one person upon another wherein the offender uses a weapon or displays it in a threatening manner, or the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness. This also includes assault with disease (as in cases when the offender is aware that he/she is infected with a deadly disease and deliberately attempts to inflict the disease by biting, spitting, etc.).
- Examples
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- Aggravated Assault
- Aggravated Battery
- Aggravated Sexual Assault
Class Relationships
- Is Defined By
- https://ucr.fbi.gov/nibrs/2012/resources/nibrs-offense-definitions
- See Also
- N/A