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Battery in Columbus GA
Mere criminal battery is usually prosecuted as a misdemeanor. Repeat crimes or the specific nature of the crime may warrant more severe penalties. For example, in certain states, a second or third crime against the same individual is a felony. In cases of domestic violence, many states disallow battery charges to be dropped against the defendant, even at the request of the victim, due to the potential for repeat or increased harm.
Most sexual offences include elements of battery because they are essentially non-consensual contacts, and few states actually have penal codes that list specific crime of “sexual battery.”
Aggravated battery is a simple battery with an additional element of an aggravating factor. This is typically the addition of a weapon whether used or threatened with, and is usually a felony offense. Examples of other aggravated batteries are 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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