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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
Aggravated Assault and Battery upon Department of Human Services Employee - Elements
No person may be convicted of aggravated assault and battery upon a Department of (Human Services) employee unless the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each element of the crime. These elements are:
(1) an assault and battery;
(2) by a person in the custody of the Department of Corrections / (Human Services);
(3) upon a Department of (Human Services) employee;
(4) known by the defendant(s) to be a Department of (Human Services) employee;
(5) by inflicting great bodily injury;
(6) without justifiable or excusable cause;
(7) committed while the Department of (Human Services) employee was in the performance of his/her duties as a Department of (Human Services)employee. OUJI-CR 4-18
Other Assault and Battery Charges
Aggravated Assault and Battery Upon Certain State Agency Employees
Assault and Battery upon Officers of the Court, Witnesses, or Jurors
Assault and Battery Upon Employee of Office of Juvenile Affairs
Aggravated Assault and Battery upon Department of Human Services Employee
Domestic Assault and Battery Charges
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