Other Offenses Against the Person

Question 1

Battery

Answer 1

An unlawful application of force resulting in either bodily injury or an offensive touching.

It need not be intentional, and the force need not be applied directly

Question 2

Aggravated Battery

Answer 2

In most jurisdictions; felony

Battery with a deadly weapon, battery resulting in serious bodily harm, and battery of a child, woman, or police officer

Question 3

Aggravated Assault

Answer 3

An assault plus one of the following:

1. The use of a deadly or dangerous weapon or
2. With the intent to rape, maim, or murder

Question 4

Assault

Answer 4

An assault is either:

1. An attempt to commit a battery or
2. The intentional creation—other than by mere woods—of a reasonable apprehension in the mind of the victim of imminent bodily harm

Question 5

False Imprisonment

Answer 5

The unlawful confinement of a person without the person’s valid consent

The MPC requires that the confinement “interfere substantially” with the victim’s liberty

Question 6

Kidnapping

Answer 6

Modern statutes define kidnapping as unlawful confinement of a person that involves either:

1. some movement of the victim or
2. concealment of the victim in a “secret” place

Question 7

Aggravated Kidnapping

Answer 7

Kidnapping for ransom, kidnapping for the purpose of committing other crimes, kidnapping for offensive purposes, and child stealing

Question 8

Rape

Answer 8

Gender-neutral “sexual assault”. Slightest penetration is sufficient

Intercourse must be without effective consent, i.e., actual force, threats of great and imminent bodily harm, incapable of consent, or fraudulently caused to believe the act is not intercourse

Question 9

Statutory Rape

Answer 9

Strict liability crime; unnecessary to show a lack of consent!