Assault and Battery Defense Lawyer
Assault and battery are two separate criminal offenses, but they are often charged together in a criminal case. Assault is generally defined as the threat or attempt at violence or injury on another person, and battery is the carrying out of that act.
Under the Official Code of Georgia, simple assault is committed when a person either:
- Attempts to commit a violent injury to the person of another; or
- Commits an act which places another in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury.
Simple battery is committed when a person either:
- Intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with the person of another; or
- Intentionally causes physical harm to another.
Simple assault and simple battery are classified as misdemeanor offenses and are punishable by up to 1 year.
Aggravated assault is a crime that occurs when a person assaults another:
1. With the intent to murder, rape, or rob;
2. With a deadly weapon; or
3. Firing a weapon at persons from a moving vehicle.
Aggravated assault is a felony for which you could receive a sentence of 1-20 years, 3-20 years, or 5-20 years, depending on the circumstances.
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