Current through 2024, ch. 69
Assault consists of either:
A. an attempt to commit a battery upon the person of another;B. any unlawful act, threat or menacing conduct which causes another person to reasonably believe that he is in danger of receiving an immediate battery; orC. the use of insulting language toward another impugning his honor, delicacy or reputation.Whoever commits assault is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
1953 Comp., § 40A-3-1, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 3-1.