If you get into a fight, how long do the ploice have to charge you with assault.?
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If you're talking about the statuate of limitations for a crime, 7 years.\n\nSorry.\n\nThank you for your time.
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Was it a related charge?  ie 1st degree murder to 2nd degree murder?  Then there's no material change in the charges and it can proceed.  If they went from shoplifting to assault and battery though they'd have to give time to prepare a defense to that since that was not the orginial charge.
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Well, depends on what kind of assualt, if your talking Aggravated assault then thats the wore one, but battery usually goes hand in hand with assualt. I think assualt can be a felony, depending on what kinda assault, but misconduct is just a misdemenor.
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Need more information.  It all depends on if criminal charges have been filed or not.  \n\nIf you have been charged with a crime there is no limit to when they can prosecute you if you avoid prosecution.\n\nIf you "haven't been caught" yet, then the average time is 7 years with the exception of some violent crimes such as murder.
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What do you consider "an assault against the person"\nto constitute?\n\nAN assault is causing the apprehension of immediate unlawful force (i.e. a battery) Therefore an assault against a person is meerely a threat of violence (whether that threat is a gesture eg raising fist, poised to punch or words, or even silence, R v Ireland)\n\nAssault is more commonly perceived as 'Common assault' The difference is that a common assault is an assault AND A BATTERY occuring simultainiously or in quick succession. (ie raising fist to punch, person sees it, therefore fears force, then the punch, the unlawful physical contact)\n\n\nIf you were in a pub and someone asked you to step\noutside, would you react any differently had they just\nattacked you in the pub? Please assume that you would\nhave stepped outside/ engaged in a fight with them.\n\nI would probably act differently, if i was attacked in the pub, my first efforts would be to take the fight outside. Obviously less restrictive of space, less things in the way, less chance of anybody getting caught in the middle. Outside, im already there, so theres no need!\n\nIf someone wished to fight you, would you see any\ndifference between fighting them in the street and/ or\nstepping into a boxing ring with them?\n\nYes, because boxing has rules and regulations on what you can do and what you cant. Street fighting doesnt because its illegal.\n\nDo you see a difference between sports such as rugby\nand boxing? If so, what do you perceive these\ndifferences to be?\n\nYes, again the rules and regulations. Plus you are consenting to a different type of contact. In rugby you are not consenting to being punched.\n\nDo you see any difference between two people fighting\nin the street and two people boxing in a ring?\n\nAgain, rules and regs! Plus that two people fighting in the ring generally are fighting for the sport of it. They abide by the rules, and when the bell sounds, they stop. If they are of the same boxing club in a practice, chances are they'll just throw off their head gear and gloves and start chatting like friends. Street fighting is just two people wanting to beat the crap out of each other.\n\nDo you see any difference between two people fighting\nin the street and two rugby players fighting on the\npitch?\n\nNo.\n\nDo you think full contact sports should be illegal?\nPlease give any reasons you may have. \n\nNo, theres no need for them to be illegal. What would the benefit be to society if they were illegalised? None. There would be no less strain on the legal system because only a handful of cases go to court because of the nature of the sports.\n\nLogicalawyer- I thought the point of R v Brown was that they were doing it for gay sexual pleasure. There was another case which the consent was from a wife to her husband to brand her or something, and it was allowed (i believe) In the case of sports, of course you can consent to battery (within the rules of play), otherwise how many cases do you think would go through the court? Lets think, Rooney would have been able to claim against who ever broke his foot, as would beckham in 2002, as would owen, as would anybody that got injured as a result of sport.
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if you hear a fight call the cops so they come check it out. Keep calling so there is a written record.
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They can still be charged with first degree home invasion if they entered without permission, committed a felony/larceny/assault within the dwelling place AND 1) they were armed; OR 2)someone was inside.\nThey can be charged with second degree home invasion even without 1 and 2.
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A jerk leveled a shotgun at a child, and I stepped between the two of them. I was enraged! He told me to move, I would not budge. He lowered the shotgun, and tried to explain his actions to me. I pulled my sidearm out, and called the police. I held the jerk at gunpoint until the police arrived. No charges were filed against me, since I acted in self defense of myself, and the child, my son. I could have died, but I will fight to the very death to defend my family, and friends.
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A boxer in such a situation could be charged with manslaguhter in one instance only.  That is if the blow that killed the opponent was a horridly blatant and intentional foul blow (i.e. illegal late hit, or hit to the back of the head)
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Assault of a Police Officer is a serious Offence. The minimum sentence varies depending upon the circumstances. The judge could let you with a light sentence if you apologise for what you did.
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it depends on the state and the degree of the charges.
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Assault and Battery is a criminal case.  The person that got injured may have taken that person to civil court to sue for doctor's bills, pain and suffering, etc.
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Does not matter even if it is not a friend, the laws surrounding the act of 'SELF DEFENCE' govern this.\n\nIf you see somebody being attacked, threatened, robbed, you are allowed to use 'reasonable force' in order to stop that attack - this is classified as SELF DEFENCE - even if you do not know the person that you are defending.  \n\nThe big question is what can be construed as REASONABLE FORCE, for example, if you see somebody being beaten up by somebody else, pull out your gun and shoot them, that is nor reasonable.  However if you try to stop the person from beating up the other person, and in doing this the person that you have stopped is injured or dies, this can be accounted as REASONABLE FORCE - but helps to have a good lawyer to!
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"Assault and battery" is not an official term. There are 4 degrees of assault. See the first site below for the definitions. Depending on the degree applicable, the juvenile sentence would be anywhere from community service to 129 weeks in jail. See the second site for full details.
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depends on if a weapon was involved. If you hit your spouse with an open/empty hand it's ussually considered simple assault, which in most jurisdictions is a misdemeanor with a fine involved. If you use any sort of object then it's aggrevated assault and it's a felony. Also if you live in a jurisdiction with a three-strikes law, even your third simple assault charge can be judicated as a felony.
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Um... yeah, it's called assault.  It's also illegal for a 14 year old to fight a 17 year old, or for a 17 year old to fight a 17 year old, or a 14 year old to fight a 14 year old, or a 40 year old to fight a 40 year old, or any other combination you can think of.
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If it were anything other than an accident (speeding, under the influence, you drove into a brick wall on purpose, etc) the chances are very good that you would be charged.  The exact charges would depend on the circumstances.\n\nAre you planning something?