Ind. Code § 35-42-2-1.5

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 35-42-2-1.5 - Aggravated battery

A person who knowingly or intentionally inflicts injury on a person that creates a substantial risk of death or causes:

(1) serious permanent disfigurement;

(2) protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ; or

(3) the loss of a fetus;

commits aggravated battery, a Level 3 felony. However, the offense is a Level 1 felony if it results in the death of a child less than fourteen (14) years of age and is committed by a person at least eighteen (18) years of age.

IC 35-42-2-1.5

Amended by P.L. 158-2013, SEC. 422, eff. 7/1/2014.

As added by P.L. 213-1991, SEC.2. Amended by P.L. 261-1997, SEC.6.