Section 11-5-17. – Assault or battery for purpose of causing unconsciousness.
§ 11-5-17. Assault or battery for purpose of causing unconsciousness. Any person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, by causing, or attempting to cause, another person to be rendered unconscious by a single punch, kick, or other singular striking motion to the head of such person for the purpose of bringing about […]
Section 11-5-8.1. – Assault with bodily fluid.
§ 11-5-8.1. Assault with bodily fluid. Any person incarcerated or in custody at a state correctional facility including the juvenile training school who shall knowingly and willfully commit an assault upon a correctional officer or any other employee of the department of corrections with any bodily fluid, while the employee is engaged in the performance […]
Section 11-5-9. – Repealed.
§ 11-5-9. Repealed.
Section 11-5-10. – Assault on persons 60 years of age or older causing bodily injury.
§ 11-5-10. Assault on persons 60 years of age or older causing bodily injury. Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined […]
Section 11-5-10.1. – Assault on persons 60 years of age or older causing serious bodily injury.
§ 11-5-10.1. Assault on persons 60 years of age or older causing serious bodily injury. (a) Any person who shall commit an assault or battery, or both, upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not […]
Section 11-5-10.2. – Assault on persons with severe impairments causing serious bodily injury.
§ 11-5-10.2. Assault on persons with severe impairments causing serious bodily injury. (a) Any person who shall commit an assault or battery, or both, upon a person, with severe impairments causing serious bodily injury, shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than two (2) years but not […]
Section 11-5-10.3. – Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker causing bodily injury.
§ 11-5-10.3. Assault on persons 60 years of age or older by caretaker causing bodily injury. Any person who shall commit an assault and battery upon a person sixty (60) years of age or older, causing bodily injury, and who was, at the time of the assault and battery, responsible for the care and treatment […]
Section 11-5-2.1. – Felony assault by use of devices similar in appearance to a firearm.
§ 11-5-2.1. Felony assault by use of devices similar in appearance to a firearm. (a) Every person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, with any device manufactured and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to a firearm shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years if serious […]
Section 11-5-2.2. – Battery — Criminal negligence.
§ 11-5-2.2. Battery — Criminal negligence. (a) When serious bodily injury, as defined in § 11-5-2, of any person, occurs as a proximate result of criminal negligence, the person committing the criminal negligence shall be guilty of battery and shall be deemed to have committed a felony and shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) […]
Section 11-5-2.3. – Domestic assault by strangulation.
§ 11-5-2.3. Domestic assault by strangulation. (a) Every person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, by strangulation, on a family or household member as defined in subsection 12-29-2(b), shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years. (b) Where the provisions of “The Domestic Violence Prevention Act,” chapter 29 […]