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Criminal Defense » Assault and Battery LA RS Title 14 - Criminal Law - Assault
Assault Definition
Assault is defined under Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes in the following manner:
§36. Assault defined
Assault is an attempt to commit a battery, or the intentional placing of another in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.
- The key under this definition is that assault does not necessarily have to involve any physical action against another - merely threatening harm to another can result in charges of assault in the state of Louisiana
