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| − | Battery is | + | Battery is use of force against another, which results in harmful or offensive contact. <ref>Black's Law Dictionary, 9th Edition (2009)</ref> Generally a battery results from an act intended to cause such contact. There are three basic elements to criminal battery: 1) the defendant's conduct (act or failure to act); 2) his mental state (i.e. intent to kill or injure, criminal negligence, etc.); and 3) the harmful touching of the victim.<ref>Wayne R. LaFave & Austin W. Scott Jr., Criminal Law § 7.15, at 685 (2d ed. 1986)</ref> Like [[assault]], there may be different types of battery, with the most common being simple battery, aggravated battery, and sexual battery (i.e. rape). |
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Revision as of 00:18, 12 January 2011
Background
Battery is use of force against another, which results in harmful or offensive contact. [1] Generally a battery results from an act intended to cause such contact. There are three basic elements to criminal battery: 1) the defendant's conduct (act or failure to act); 2) his mental state (i.e. intent to kill or injure, criminal negligence, etc.); and 3) the harmful touching of the victim.[2] Like assault, there may be different types of battery, with the most common being simple battery, aggravated battery, and sexual battery (i.e. rape).
Model Penal Code
Variation by Jurisdiction
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