DC aSSAULT LAWYER

What is simple assault in DC?  Simple Assault in the District of Columbia is a misdemeanor crime that you made an attempt or effort, with force or violence, to injure another person.  Injury means any physical injury, however small, including a touching offensive to a person of reasonable sensibility.    The act does not have to result in injury; but it must be with force or violence, to injure another.  In other words tapping someone on the shoulder to get their attention would not be a simple assault in the District of Columbia.  However, slapping someone on the shoulder would be considered a simple assault in the District of Columbia. The Court in the District of Columbia recognizes 3 types of simple assault:  attempted-battery, intent-to-frighten, and nonviolent sexual touching.  A slap, spitting, pushing, and punching are all examples of simple assault.    A conviction for misdemeanor simple assault can have dire consequences. Hiring a lawyer that represents individuals who have been charged with simple assault is paramount. Most people charged with simple assault in the District of Columbia are usually given a citation to appear in the District of Columbia Superior Court on a specific date.   If you are not a United States citizen it can have deportation consequence. 

In the District of Columbia, the Court recognizes three types of assault with respect to simple assault: 

• attempted-battery,
• intent-to-frighten
• nonviolent sexual touching

Attempted-Battery Assault is an attempt with force or violence to do corporal injury to another, consisting of any act tending to such corporal injury, accompanied with such circumstances as denote at the time an intention, coupled with the present ability, of using actual violence against the person.Intent to Frighten Assault is  that the person acted with force or violence, but the intent element is more expansively defined;   The prosecutor must prove the person intended either to cause injury or to create apprehension in the victim by engaging in some threatening conduct.

Nonviolent sexual touching is that the person acted with force or violence, but the intent element is more expansively defined;   The prosecutor must prove the person intended either to cause injury or to create apprehension in the victim by engaging in some threatening conduct.