TITLE 11
Criminal Offenses
CHAPTER 11-5
Assaults
SECTION 11-5-17
§ 11-5-17 Assault or battery for purpose
of causing unconsciousness.
Any person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, by causing, or
attempting to cause, another person to be rendered unconscious by a single
punch, kick, or other singular striking motion to the head of such person for
the purpose of bringing about the loss of consciousness of such person, or who
shall knowingly assist, aid, abet, solicit, encourage, counsel, command, or
conspire to coerce any person to commit such an act, shall be deemed to have
committed a felony and shall be imprisoned for not more than three (3) years or
fined not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or both.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2014, ch. 483, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 546, § 1.)
