Assault & Battery need some clarification

[haapa]

What's the difference in assault charges. Such as assault 1, assault 2, and so fourth? What other; here where opinionated content could be offendingly taken; violent crimes are there to where the sentence is more than what the crime potentially is?

 

[Michael Wechsler]

It depends upon the state and the actual crime. In Washington State I believe it is as follows:

1st Degree Assault - A great bodily harm is caused. A serious injury that may be permanent.

2nd Degree Assault - Substantial bodily harm, e.g. broken bone that will heal.

3rd Degree Assault - Harms caused during the course of doing work, e.g. police work, injuries caused while resisting arrest.

4th Degree Assault - Offensive conduct in the mind of an ordinary person. No actual injury is required.

First and second degree assault can be punishable up to 10 years, depending upon the circumstances.