Can a 17 year old male, be charged with assault or battery?
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Can a 17 year old male, be charged with assault or battery?
Asked on May 30, 2012 under Personal Injury, Ohio
Answers:
S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Assault and battery are both criminal and civil (lawsuit). A seventeen year old can be charged with assault and battery.
Assault is intentionally placing one in reasonable apprehension of an immediate battery without consent or legal privilege. Assault does not require any physical contact, only placing someone in reasonable apprehension of immediate physical contact (battery).
Battery is the harmful or offensive touching of the person of another without consent or privilege.
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