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You Cannot Be Guilty of Aggravated Assault Unless You Are Also Guilty of Assault

By Ron Chapman

          The crime of aggravated assault is defined as an assault:             1.  With a deadly weapon without intent to kill; or              2.  With an intent to commit a felony.             The crime of assault requires proof that there was:             1.  An intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to the person of another;                      2.  Coupled with an apparent ability to do so; and             3.  Doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in that other person that such violence is about to occur...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on January 23, 2011 (boomark / email).