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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 (School Employee) / Student - Elements

No person may be convicted of assault / battery / (assault and battery) upon a (School Employee) / Student 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), without justifiable or excusable cause: 

(3) upon a teacher / principal / (duly appointed person employed by a school system) / (employee of a firm contracting with a school system);

(4) while the teacher / principal / (duly appointed person employed by a school system) / (employee of a firm contracting with a school system) was in the performance of his/her duties as a school employee; 

OR

(3) upon a student; 

(4) while the student was (participating in any school activity) / (attending classes on school property during school hours) ] OUJI-CR 4-17A

Aggravate Battery upon School Employee - Elements

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

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

(2) by inflicting great bodily injury;

(3) without justifiable or excusable cause; 

(4) upon a teacher / principal / (duly appointed person employed by a school system)/(employee of a firm contracting with a school system);

(5) while the teacher / principal / (duly appointed person employed by a school system )/ (employee of a firm contracting with a school system) was in the performance of his/her duties as a school employee. OUJI-CR 4-17B


Other Assault and Battery Charges

Domestic Assault and Battery Charges:

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