Assault and battery charges encompass the violence that most people think of as fighting or attacking another. But, assault and battery can also include much less serious actions. Many people who have ended up facing assault and battery charges were surprised that what they did could be charged as assault and battery.
Assault and battery are actually two separate charges:
- Assault — Assault is an overt act intended to do bodily harm to another together with the present ability to cause such harm; an overt act intended to place a person in fear or apprehension of bodily harm that creates in him/her a reasonable fear or apprehension. Making someone think that you are going to hit him or her or otherwise make contact with him or her in an unwanted fashion is assault.
- Battery —Battery is the willful touching of another, without legal excuse or justification, done in an angry, rude, insulting or vengeful manner.
Depending on the circumstances under which you have been charged with assault and battery you will likely be facing misdemeanor charges, but felony assault charges are a possibility.
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Domestic assault charges can have a huge impact beyond the penalties that are part of a potential sentence. Domestic assault cases, in addition to the possibility of jail and fines can carry restrictions that limit how you are allowed to interact with your family. It is essential that you have a lawyer there to protect your rights.
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