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ceejayoz | karma 74610 | avg karma 3.33 · 2024-01-03 13:08:58

> Assault charges but not physical violence?

Physical violence is battery.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/assault_and_battery

"Assault refers to the wrong act of causing someone to reasonably fear imminent harm. This means that the fear must be something a reasonable person would foresee as threatening to them. Battery refers to the actual wrong act of physically harming someone."

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mgarfias | karma 964 | avg karma 1.23 · 2024-01-03 13:26:09

Not always. For example: oregon doesn't have battery, it is all assault. Just varies in degree (4th->1st).

nsxwolf | karma 12014 | avg karma 3.2 · 2024-01-03 14:15:13

Regardless, it's pretty brutal to have such poor legal representation that an act with no real physical attack couldn't be pled down to a misdemeanor.

whiddershins | karma 6988 | avg karma 3.65 · 2024-01-03 16:21:15

Misdemeanor is still a criminal record.

nsxwolf | karma 12014 | avg karma 3.2 · 2024-01-03 17:56:00

The impact is absolutely nothing like a felony conviction.