offenses against the person

Question 1

offenses against the person

Answer 1

battery, assault, aggravated assault, homicide, false imprisonment, kidnapping

Question 2

battery

Answer 2

unlawful application of force to the person resulting in either bodily injury or offensive touching.
Need not be intentional.
Force need not be applied directly (such as poisoning).
Batter is a general intent crime.

Question 3

assault

Answer 3

An attempt to create a battery OR the intentional creation of a reasonable apprehension of imminent bodily harm.

Question 4

aggravated assault

Answer 4

Assault plus either:

1. the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon OR
2. with the intent to rape, mame, or murder

Question 5

false imprisonment

Answer 5

Unlawful confinement of a person without his valid consent.
If a known alternate route is available, the confinement element will not be met for purposes of false imprisonment.
One’s consent to the confinement precludes it from constituting false imprisonment.

Question 6

kidnapping

Answer 6

Confinement of a person with either:

1) some movement OR
2) concealment in a secret place

Question 7

Rape

Answer 7

The slightest penetration completes the crime of rape.

Statutory rape is a strict liability crime. Consent of the victim is no defense, and mistake of fact is no defense.