Common crimes FWPD

Question 1

-Which degrees of assault are felonies and which are misdemeanors

Answer 1

Assault 1,2,3 are felonies
Assault 4 is a misdemeanor

Question 2

-When can a misdemeanor assault become a felony?

Answer 2

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Question 3

-What are the elements of an Assault 1 as opposed to an Assault 2?

Answer 3

Assault 1 [if involving a deadly weapon]
Assault 1 has [great bodily harm]
Assault 2 [substantial bodily harm]

Question 4

definition of “great bodily harm”

Answer 4

means bodily injury which creates a probability of death, or which causes significant serious permanent disfigurement, or which causes a significant permanent loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part or organ.

Question 5

definition of “substantial bodily harm”

Answer 5

means bodily injury which involves a temporary but substantial disfigurement, or which causes a temporary but substantial loss or impairment of the function of any bodily part or organ, or which causes a fracture of any bodily part.

Question 6

-What is the RCW definition of a deadly weapon? What are some examples of such?

Answer 6

means any explosive or loaded or unloaded firearm, and shall include any other weapon, device, instrument, article, or substance, including a “vehicle” as defined in this section, which, under the circumstances in which it is used, attempted to be used, or threatened to be used, is readily capable of causing death or substantial bodily harm;

Question 7

-Elements of suffocation/strangulation?

Answer 7

“Suffocation” means to block or impair a person’s intake of air at the nose and mouth, whether by smothering or other means, with the intent to obstruct the person’s ability to breathe;

“Strangulation” means to compress a person’s neck, thereby obstructing the person’s blood flow or ability to breathe, or doing so with the intent to obstruct the person’s blood flow or ability to breathe;

Question 8

-Which professions/societal roles are covered under Assault 3?