Course: Introduction / Criminal Law
An aggravated assault is an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury.
Source: FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports
Source URL: https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/violent-crime/aggravatedassaultmain
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