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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 Law Officers

Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any aggravated assault and battery upon the person of a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff highway patrolman, corrections personnel, or any state peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce state laws, while the officer is in the performance of his or her duties shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a felony, which shall be punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than life or by a maximum fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. 21 O.S. 650(A)

Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause, commits any aggravated assault and battery upon a person that the violator knows or should reasonably know is a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff or highway patrolman, corrections personnel, or any state peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce personell laws, that results in maiming as defined in Section 751 of this title, while the officer is in the performance of his or her duties shall upon conviction be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections of not less than five (5) years nor more than life or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. 21 O.S. 650(B)

For purposes of this section, aggravated assault and battery upon law officers, includes the physical contact with and in attempt to gain control of the firearm of any police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman, corrections personnel or any peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce state laws. 21 O.S. 650(C)

Aggravated Assault and Battery Upon Police or Other Peace Officer - Elements

No person may be convicted of aggravated assault and battery upon a (police officer)/sheriff/(deputy sheriff)/(highway patrolman)/(corrections personnel)/(State peace officer) unless the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each element of the crime. These elements are:

1.) an assault and battery

2.) upon a (police officer)/sheriff/(deputy sheriff)/(highway patrolman)/(corrections personnel)/(State peace officer);

3.) known by the defendant(s) to be a (police officer)/sheriff/(deputy sheriff)/(highway patrolman)/(corrections personnel)/(State peace officer);

4.) by inflicting great bodily injury;

5.) without justifiable or excusable cause;

6.) committed while the (police officer)/sheriff/(deputy sheriff)/(highway patrolman)/(corrections personnel)/(State peace officer) was in the performance of his/her duties as a (police officer)/sheriff/(deputy sheriff)/(highway patrolman)/(corrections personnel)/(State peace officer). OUJI-CR 4-15

Definition of Peace Officer

The term "peace officer" means any sheriff, police officer, federal law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, or any other law enforcement officer whose duty it is to enforce and preserve the public peace. 21 O.S. 99

Other Assault and Battery Charges

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