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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 Referee or Umpire

Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause and with intent to do bodily harm, commits any assault, battery, assault and battery upon the person of a referee, umpire, timekeeper, coach, official, or any person having authority in connection with any amateur or professional athletic contest is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum of one (1) year or by a maximum fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. 21 O.S 650.1

Assault and Battery upon Referee Elements

No person may be convicted of assault / battery / (assault and battery) upon a referee / umpire / timekeeper / coach / (athletic official) / (person with authority in connection with any amateur or professional athletic contest) 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) upon a referee / umpire / timekeeper / coach / (athletic official) / (person with authority in connection with any amateur or professional athletic contest);

(3) without justifiable or excusable cause; 

(4) with intent to do bodily harm;

(5) while the referee / umpire / timekeeper / coach/ (athletic official )/ (person with authority in connection with any amateur or professional athletic contest) was in the performance of his/her duties as a referee / umpire / timekeeper / coach / (athletic official) / (person with authority in connection with any amateur or professional athletic contest). OUJI-CR 4-17

Other Assault and Battery Charges

• Domestic Assault and Battery

• Aggravated Assault and Battery

• Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon

• Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon

• Assault and Battery on a Police Officer

• Assault and Battery upon a Police Dog or Horse

• Unlawful Treatment of a Service Dog

• Aggravated Assault and Battery upon Law Officers

• Assault and Battery upon Referee or Umpire

• Aggravated Assault and Battery Upon Certain State Agency Employees

• Interference with an EMT or Care Providers

• Assault and Battery Upon an EMT or Care Provider

• Aggravated Assault and Battery upon an EMT or Care Provider

• Assault with a Firearm upon an EMT or Care Provider

• Assault and Battery upon Officers of the Court, Witnesses, or Jurors

• Unlawful Assault and Battery on a School Employee

• Assault and Battery Upon Employee of Office of Juvenile Affairs

• Battery by Person in Custody by Transfer of Bodily Fluids

• Battery by Touching an Assistive Device of Another

• Medical Battery

• Aggravated Assault and Battery upon Department of Human Services Employee

• Assault and Battery upon Department of Corrections Employee

• Assault and Battery - Definitions

Domestic Assault and Battery Charges:

• Domestic Assault and Battery by Strangulation

• Domestic Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon

• Domestic Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon

• Domestic Assault and Battery with Great Bodily Injury

• Domestic Assault and Battery Against a Pregnant Woman

• Domestic Abuse with Prior Pattern of Physical Abuse

• Domestic Assault and Battery in the Presence of a Child

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