Aggravated assault is usually committed with a weapon or by some means likely to produce great bodily harm or death. How is great bodily harm defined?

A) Injuries that include a laceration that requires stitches, or a broken bone, or a fracture of a tooth
B) Injuries that cause a high probability of death, or serious permanent disfigurement, or a loss or impairment of body members or organs
C) Injuries that cause pain, bruising, or other effects that temporality affect the function of a person's mobility.
D) All of the above are included in the definition of great bodily harm.


Answer: B

Criminal Justice

You might also like to view...

The dramatization of forensic science on television has led to a phenomenon known as what?

a. NCIS effect b. NYPD effect c. CSI effect d. LAPD effect

Criminal Justice

A standard score on the normal distribution:

a. cuts off a fixed area of that distribution from the mean to that point. b. cannot be compared with other standard scores. c. has no inferential value. d. is unrelated to probability theory.

Criminal Justice

_________ clients are more likely to seek solitude.

A. Situational B. Elderly C. Drug abuser D. Habitual

Criminal Justice

Which of the following is not one of the exemptions to rape shield law's prohibitions?

a. evidence of specific sexual behavior of victim offered to prove another person was the source of semen orother physical evidence b. evidence of specific past sexual contact between the victim and the accused, if offered to prove consent c. evidence the exclusion of which would violate the constitutional rights of the accused d. evidence offered to prove the victim's sexual predisposition

Criminal Justice