Issue: Did Abner commit assault and battery1?
Rule: Assault is a physical act of a threating nature or an offer of corporal injury which puts an individual in reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm. Battery is the intentional infliction of harm or offensive contact.
Analysis:
Did Abner commit assault?
Assault is a physical act of a threating nature or an offer of corporal injury which puts an individual in reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm.
Baxter will argue that, by snatching the tray from his hand Abner was in an imminent fear of bodily harm because Abner’s behavior is an act of aggression. On the other hand, Abner will argue that, by snatching the tray he didn’t instill in Baxter a reasonable fear of imminent harm because
Rule: Assault is a physical act of a threating nature or an offer of corporal injury which puts an individual in reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm. Battery is the intentional infliction of harm or offensive contact.
Analysis:
Did Abner commit assault?
Assault is a physical act of a threating nature or an offer of corporal injury which puts an individual in reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm.
Baxter will argue that, by snatching the tray from his hand Abner was in an imminent fear of bodily harm because Abner’s behavior is an act of aggression. On the other hand, Abner will argue that, by snatching the tray he didn’t instill in Baxter a reasonable fear of imminent harm because