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Assault

If you are charged with assault or assault and battery in Maryland, and need a Maryland Criminal Lawyer, Warnken, LLC can help.

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We handle these matters throughout the state, no matter what county you are located in. Please feel free to call us at 410-262-8341 to discuss the facts of your case.

Below is a little information about assault in Maryland:

SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT can be one of three things:

  • 1. INTENT TO FRIGHTEN
    • This means intentionally frightening another person with the threat of some sort of immediate harm or offensiveness. In order to convict Defendant of assault, the State must prove that the Defendant committed an act with the intent to place the alleged victim in fear of immediate harm or offensiveness, and that Defendant had the apparent ability, at that time, to actually cause this harm and that the alleged victim reasonably feared this immediate, and that the Defendant's actions were not legally justified.
  • 2. ATTEMPTED BATTERY
    • Assault is an attempt to cause either offensive physical contact or physical harm. In order to convict Defendant of assault, the State must prove that Defendant actually tried to cause the harm, that Defendant intended to bring it about, and that Defendant's actions were not consented to.
  • 3. BATTERY
    • Here the state must prove that Defendant caused harm to another, that it was the result of an intentional or reckless act of Defendant and was not accidental, and that the contact was not consented to.

First Degree Assault

An assault becomes first degree when it has all of the elements of second degree and a firearm was used or the defendant intended to cause serious physical injury. Serious physical injury means creates a substantial risk of death or serious and permanent or serious and protracted injury.

Reckless endangerment and child physical abuse also fall into the category of assault charges.

Maryland Lawyer

If you are charged with assault - in any of the above forms - you need a Maryland Lawyer immediately. It is important that it be a Maryland Criminal Lawyer as well.

Call Warnken, LLC to discuss how we can help you. 410-262-8341

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