ASSAULT AND BATTERY

Aggravated Assault • Sexual Battery
Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Orlando Criminal Defense Attorney
Florida Criminal Lawyer

Assault and Battery crimes are taken severely in Florida and carry harsh penalties.

Assault is “the unlawful attempt to violently injure an additional person.” Threats and attempts to physically injure someone qualify as an assault.

Battery is “unwanted touching or striking of an additional person, or anything connected to that person.” Battery is a willful violent act which causes physical harm.

Florida ASSAULT AND BATTERY LAWS
Assault and Battery cases variety from simple confrontations and bar fights to domestic violence and assault and battery with a deadly weapon. Under Florida criminal law, charges for these offenses variety from misdemeanors to felonies, and include:

• Assault: (simple Assault) an unlawful attempt, coupled with present ability to commit a violent injury upon an additional person. can only be charged as a misdemeanor.
• Sexual assault and battery: unwanted sexual contact in which the victim did not consent to the act. This is one of the additional severe crimes because you’ll not only face county prison or state prison; you’ll become a registered sex offender for life.
• Assault on a police officer: an unlawful attempt to commit a violent injury upon a police office, firefighter, EMT, or code enforcement officer.
• Assault with a Deadly Weapon: using a weapon (other than a firearm) of any kind by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (GBI). can be charged as a misdemeanor or felony. A conviction for this offense may be deemed a 'Strike” under the Florida Three Strikes Law. Use of a car as a deadly weapon could mean lifetime revocation of your Florida Driver’s License.
• Assault with a firearm: an assault on an additional person with a firearm. can be charged as a misdemeanor or felony.
• Battery (simple Battery): willful and unlawful use of force or violence against an additional person. can be charged as a misdemeanor or felony.
• Battery with Injury: when a battery is committed against an additional person and severe bodily injury occurs the battery can be charged either as a misdemeanor or felony.
• Battery on a police officer: intentional and unlawful touching, striking, or hitting of a police officer.
• Domestic Violence: corporal bodily injury to a family member or a party one has been living with, resulting in a traumatic condition.
• Mayhem: disabling or disfiguring a victim’s body part such as a cut lip, injured eye, bitten ear, etc. Charged as a felony.
• Torture: causing cruel or extreme pain or suffering by inflicting great bodily injury.

THE CONSEQUENCES ARE SERIOUS
Whether you’re arrested or convicted of a misdemeanor or felony assault or battery, you could face any or all of the following:

• Parole
• Mandatory anger management courses
• Losing your right to own a deadly weapon
• Being turned down for employment after you’re released
• Lifetime revocation of your Florida Driver’s License
• County prison or state prison time
• A permanent criminal record
• Significant fines
• Probation

Assault and battery convictions can be charged as "Strikes” in Florida and fall under the Three Strikes Law. This means your sentencing will be worse if you had past assault and battery convictions (or any other convictions such as drug or weapons possession); or you were on probation or parole at the moment of the crime. A arrested or convicted felon with a past strike will face a doubled prison sentence for any future strike convictions.

Plus, any conditions that might make the assault and battery crime worse, such as torture or use of a gun, will elevate the punishment.

EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS ARE CRITICAL
If you’ve been accused or charged with assault and battery in Florida, you may able to plea self defense or lack of intent. Your case may even be thrown out of court (dismissed) depending on the evidence. But the only way you can explore these possibilities is by hiring an experienced attorney with complete and thorough knowledge of the complex Florida assault and battery laws.

At the offices of Orlando Criminal Defense Attorney Orlando Criminal Defense Law Firm., we specialize in criminal law. We know what it takes to win these cases. Our Florida based law firm will thoroughly investigate and examine all the evidence and proven facts related to your assault and battery case, gather all evidence that supports your defense, and work to ensure that your defense rests on solid evidence and proven facts.

Contact us now for a free, confidential evaluation of your case.


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