SUBPART B. ASSAULT AND BATTERY

(WITH RELATED OFFENSES)

§33. Battery defined

           Battery is the intentional use of force or violence upon the person of another; or the intentional administration of a poison or other noxious liquid or substance to another; or the intentional directing of sound at another, in close proximity to another's ear or head, under circumstances in which the sound is capable of causing physical pain, hearing impairment, or bodily injury, and in such a manner that a reasonable person would foresee that the conduct would cause physical pain, hearing impairment, or bodily injury.

           Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 2026, No. 125, §1, eff. August 1, 2026.