aggravated battery
Serious harmful contact
Aggravated battery is the crime of causing serious physical harm to another person, or battery committed with a deadly weapon or against a protected class of victim such as a police officer, child, or elderly person.
It's a more severe charge than simple battery, typically a felony rather than a misdemeanor: He was charged with aggravated battery after striking the officer with a pipe.
- premeditationAdvance planning of action
- firearmProjectile weapon using explosives
- justice systemFramework for enforcing laws
- felonySerious criminal offense
- criminal chargesFormal accusations of lawbreaking
violent crime · strangulation · deadly weapon · injury · misdemeanor · disfigurement · trauma · physical altercation · bodily harm · assault · malice · domestic violence · recklessness · victim rights · knife · fists · negligence · contusion
- violenceviolence, physical attack, brutality, physical violence, aggression
aggravated batterysimple assault
Minor violent offense
minor assault · pushing · shoving · slapping · infraction
aggravated batterymedical treatment
Care for illness
first aid · healing touch · nursing care · emergency care · gentle care
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