WTF is wrong with people?

[chippewastud79]

Originally Posted by Ahbroody

Maybe Cali law is different from the rest of the state but you all should read the definition of assualt and battery.

Assault is a lot more than most here are expecting. You can make physical contact with another person and its not assault, someone has to have some pretty serious injury for it to be assault.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

Assault is a lot more than most here are expecting. You can make physical contact with another person and its not assault, someone has to have some pretty serious injury for it to be assault.

In Illinois, assault means putting someone in reasonable fear of receiving a battery. No contacts needs to be made, and certainly no injury needs to occur. The definitions and semantics vary widely from state to state.

[chippewastud79]

Originally Posted by icehog3

In Illinois, assault means putting someone in reasonable fear of receiving a battery. No contacts needs to be made, and certainly no injury needs to occur. The definitions and semantics vary widely from state to state.

In Kentucky, you pretty much need to be bloodied for it to be assault.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

In Kentucky, you pretty much need to be bloodied for it to be assault.

Yup, the word "assault" means very different things from state to state. In Illinois, your example would be "battery".

In Illinois, there also is no "assault and battery", as when you have battered someone, you have moved past assault, and if you have simply assaulted someone, you could not have committed a battery (all by IL definitions).

Originally Posted by icehog3

Yup, the word "assault" means very different things from state to state. In Illinois, your example would be "battery".

In Illinois, there also is no "assault and battery", as when you have battered someone, you have moved past assault, and if you have simply assaulted someone, you could not have committed a battery (all by IL definitions).

I am pretty confident that my dating life can be defined as "Assault and Flattery".

[CigarNut]

Originally Posted by Zens7s

I am pretty confident that my dating life can be defined as "Assault and Flattery".

Is that a good thing?

[mhailey]

Originally Posted by Zens7s

I am pretty confident that my dating life can be defined as "Assault and Flattery".

Not particularly in that order??

[BloodSpite]

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

In Kentucky, you pretty much need to be bloodied for it to be assault.

Sounds like Georgia. At home you have to be on the ground bleeding and someone had to have seen it

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by BloodSpite

Sounds like Georgia. At home you have to be on the ground bleeding and someone had to have seen it

Sounds like most of these states define "assault" as Illinois defines "battery". Nobody said Illinois lawmakers were the sharpest knives in the drawer.

[BloodSpite]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Sounds like most of these states define "assault" as Illinois defines "battery". Nobody said Illinois lawmakers were the sharpest knives in the drawer.

Battery in Georgia, is that thing we stick in our truck to crank it

[croatan]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Sounds like most of these states define "assault" as Illinois defines "battery". Nobody said Illinois lawmakers were the sharpest knives in the drawer.

Texas defines both very similarly to Illinois--and, as far as I know, that's the majority view.

[Sauer Grapes]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Sounds like most of these states define "assault" as Illinois defines "battery". Nobody said Illinois lawmakers were the sharpest knives in the drawer.

The common law definition, in pretty much every state is that assault is an action that causes apprehension of imminent physical contact of a harmful or offensive nature. Battery is contact of a harmful or offensive nature.

These aren't statutory (criminal) definitions, which will vary from state to state, but these are the accepted legal definitions. Also, there can be both assault and battery, or just one.

[BigCat]

Originally Posted by Sauer Grapes

The common law definition, in pretty much every state is that assault is an action that causes apprehension of imminent physical contact of a harmful or offensive nature. Battery is contact of a harmful or offensive nature.

These aren't statutory (criminal) definitions, which will vary from state to state, but these are the accepted legal definitions. Also, there can be both assault and battery, or just one.

I'm a little removed from 1st year criminal law at this point, but I don't think that's correct. As far as I recall, if there is a battery, the assault merges into it. Sort of like an attempted murder charge merges into the murder if you commit one. One does not get charged for both attempted murder and murder of the same person.

[Whee]

Originally Posted by icehog3

In Illinois, assault means putting someone in reasonable fear of receiving a battery. No contacts needs to be made, and certainly no injury needs to occur. The definitions and semantics vary widely from state to state.

Damn those Duracells!! Damn them all to hell!!!

[T.G]

Originally Posted by illinoishoosier

Damn those Duracells!! Damn them all to hell!!!

Pinky says "Right on!"

[Subvet642]

Originally Posted by T.G

Pinky says "Right on!"

It looks like Pinky is wearing thongs on those @ss shaped feet of his.

[Whee]

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