Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Southern California Criminal Defense Blog

Criminal Law

: Southern California Criminal Defense Blog

Assault in Battery in California: Self Defense a Fine Line

By Walin & Klarich

I Am Being Charged with Assault and Battery: Do I Really Need A Criminal Lawyer for Assault and Battery Charges? Unfortunately, California assault and battery crimes not easily defined. An assault is an unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another. Penal Code 240. A battery is any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another. Penal Code 242. In our modern age where we learn so much information from the internet and television, our perceptions of what is assault, battery, and most importantly self-defense has been skewed. If someone swings and misses and you swing and hit, you may think your actions were in self-defense. However, in the eyes of the criminal justice system, self-defense can be very different...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on February 01, 2009 (boomark / email).