Criminal Lawyers in California

If you have been charged with assault, these California Criminal Lawyers know the District Attorney must have proof beyond a reasonable doubt there was an unlawful attempt to commit a violent injury on another person. The Prosecutor must also prove beyond a reasonable doubt you had the present ability to do so.

There 3 types of Assault in California Criminal Law:

1. A simple assault is a misdemeanor.

2. An aggravated assault can be a felony or a misdemeanor; and

3. An assault with the intent to commit a felony is a felony.

Punishment increases if you face charges of Assault with a Deadly Weapon or Assault with Means Likely To Produce Great Bodily Injury.

Punishment can also significantly increase if the Assault charges involve assaulting a specific type of person such as a parking control officer, firefighter, cop, EMT, process server, lifeguard, traffic officer, or animal control officer doing his or her job, or custodial officer doing his or her job, or when committed with the intent to commit certain violent felonies.

Criminal Lawyers in California

California Criminal Law defines a battery as any willful and unlawful use of force or violence on another person.

A battery in California is punishable either as a misdemeanor or a felony.

Battery is usually punishable in California as a misdemeanor, but just like assault, the punishment can significantly increase for battery based on the alleged victim's status or the place of the offense.

Battery is basically a successful assault acheived by any harmful or offensive touching. The force and violence necessary for a battery is the application of any physical force against another person, even though it leaves no mark and causes no pain or bodily harm; the slightest touching, if done in a insolent, rude, or angry manner is a battery.

If you have criminal charges in California for assault and battery charges contact the California criminal lawyers with over 80 years of combined experience to defend the case.