Assault & Battery

Assault & Battery are serious crimes in Louisiana, and depending on whether the victim was injured, the age of the victim, and the instrument (including a chair, rock, club, firearm, glass bottle, knife, gun, and anything else used to inflict injury), a defendant may face felony charges.

In Louisiana, assault is an attempt to commit a battery, or the intentional placing of another in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery. Some forms of assault include simple assault, aggravated assault, and aggravated assault with a firearm.

In Louisiana, battery is the intentional use of force or violence upon the person of another; or the intentional administration of a poison or other noxious liquid or substance to another.

Some forms of battery include: aggravated battery, second degree battery, and a combination of the two, aggravated second degree battery, which carries up to 15 years in prison.

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