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Assault and Battery - Legal Definition

You can be convicted of Assault if you, willfully and unlawfully attempt or offer with force or violence to do a corporal hurt to another. 21 O.S. 641

You can be convicted of Battery if you, willfully and unlawfully use of force or violence upon the person of another. 21 O.S. 642

Assault and Battery - Elements

No person may be convicted of assault and battery unless the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each element of the crime. These elements are:

(1) willful; 

(2) unlawful; 

(3) use of force or violence; 

(4) upon another person. OUJI-CR 4-26

Assault and Battery - Lay Terms

The main difference between assault and battery is this: Assault can be limited to only the threat of harm, while battery is the actual cause of physical harm from one person to another. Oklahoma case law claims that if there is a battery then there must have been an assault. Hall v. State

Assault and Battery upon Department of Corrections Employee - Elements

No person may be convicted of assault / battery / (assault and battery) upon a Department of Corrections employee unless the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each element of the crime. These elements are:

(1) (an assault) / (a battery) / (an assault and battery);

(2) by a person in the custody of the Department of Corrections;

(3) upon a Department of Corrections employee;

(4) known by the defendant(s) to be a Department of Corrections employee;

(5) without justifiable or excusable cause; 

6) committed while the Department of Corrections employee was in the performance of his/her duties as a Department of Corrections employee. OUJI-CR 4-18A

Other Assault and Battery Charges

Domestic Assault and Battery Charges

Assault and Battery upon Department of Corrections Employee Litigation Expertise

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