Is Battery Worse Than Assault. Battery though also considered a violent crime is a different type of offense. An assault usually includes more than spoken words alone unless combined with acts that put the victim in imminent harm.
This more serious Class 4 felony involves either serious bodily injury or the use of a deadly weapon. Wallin has been successfully representing clients for more than 30 years. California Penal Code 242 as any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another While assault is the attempt at violence battery is the act itself.
Because these offenses may have the same act in common both attempted and carried.
However battery against someone based on their race color religion or nationality can result in more significant penalties. However battery against someone based on their race color religion or nationality can result in more significant penalties. Between one and 20 years in prison. It can be filed as either a misdemeanor or felony depending on the circumstances of the fight and the injuries sustained by the victim.
