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Criminal battery in Madison County Georgia
Mere criminal battery is most often prosecuted as a misdemeanor. Repeat crimes or the particular nature of the offense may warrant more severe punishments. For example, in few states, a second or third offense against the same person is a felony. In instances of domestic violence, many states disallow battery charges to be dropped against the defendant, even at the instance of the victim, due to the potential for subsequent or escalated harm.
Most sexual offences include elements of battery because they are essentially non-consensual contacts, and few states actually have penal codes listing the specific crime of “sexual battery.”
Aggravated battery is a simple battery with an added element of an aggravating factor. This is typically the addition of a weapon whether used or threatened with, and is generally a felony crime. Instances of other aggravated batteries include those committed against protected persons; those in which the victim suffers serious injury; or those occurring in a public transit vehicle or station, or school zone, or other protected areas. These are all aggravating factors that will convert simple misdemeanor batteries to the level of felonies.
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