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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

Unlawful Treatment of a Service Dog

No person shall willfully harm, including torture, torment, beat, mutilate, injure, disable, or otherwise mistreat or kill a service animal that is used for the benefit of any handicapped person in the state. 21 O.S. 649.3(A)

Punishment for Unlawful Treatment of a Service Dog

Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by the imposition of a minimum fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum of one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 21 O.S. 649.3(C)

Any person who knowingly and willfully and without lawful cause or justification violates the provisions of this section, during the commission of a misdemeanor or felony, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by the imposition of a maximum fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the Department of Corrections for a maximum of two (2) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 21 O.S 649.3(D)

Other Assault and Battery Charges

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