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1. Everywhere you look in today’s society, you see the evidence and appearance
of people being charged with assault. It is one of the most commonly charged
crimes in our society today, and it comes in many different packages, but it
amounts to the same issue.Sexual Assualt substantiates a different type of
crime and information on sexual assaultcharges can be found here.
Contact Massachusetts Assault & Battery Criminal Defense Lawyer John L.
Calcagni by Email or call today at (401) 351-5100 to schedule a FREE
CONSULTATION.
Categories and Penalties for Assault
There are degrees of assault that can vary within each state’s jurisdiction,
starting withFirst Degree Assault being the most serious, and moving up
to Fifth Degree Assault in some states being the most common and least
serious; a misdemeanor offense. Within the most serious degrees of assault
there are sentencing guidelines that include a ‘presumptive range,’ which
means that the Judge has to sentence a defendant convicted of this crime to at
least the midpoint of the sentencing range. There are exceptions made only for
crimes of passion, or situations where someone is provoked, the Judge then
has the discretion to ignore the mandatory sentence.
The charge of Third Degree Assault, a first degree misdemeanor crime, and
the only assault charge classified as a misdemeanor, carries a penalty of up to
a possible two year imprisonment term in some jurisdictions. This level of
assault is applied when a person causes bodily harm to another person, either
due to reckless acts, or on purpose. This means that you may be charged with
this crime even if you didn’t mean to hurt the other person, or were somehow
negligent.
Contact MA Assault Criminal Defense Attorney John L. Calcagni
by Email or call today at (401) 351-5100 to schedule a FREE
CONSULTATION.
For a charge of Second Degree Assault, afourth degree felony crime, also
called Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, the maximum penalty is 8 years,

2. with a mandatory sentencing of 5 years, and the possibility of a fine of up to
$14,000 in some states. This charge will apply if a person uses a dangerous
weapon as part of the offense. If the dangerous weapon is also used to impose
substantial bodily harm, the penalties are naturally increased with limits to
the amount of fines or prison time that may be sentenced.