Arrest Made for 2007 Las Vegas Strip Shooting
Last week a man suspected of a 2007 Strip shooting that resulted in four people being injured was arrested in Chicago. He's been charged with attempted murder, assault, the Nevada crime of battery, and other offenses. He is awaiting extradition to Nevada.
The definition of the Nevada crime of battery makes it illegal to use unlawful physical force intentionally on another person, such as punching, burning or biting. Just this month the Nevada Supreme Court in Hobbs v. State affirmed that battery also comprises the act of spitting. Typical defenses to battery include consent to the battery, self-defense or accident. Battery is a separate crime from assault, which is intentionally putting someone in apprehension of unlawful and immediate physical force.
Penalties for committing the Nevada crime of battery depend upon the circumstances. If no deadly weapon was used and no one sustained substantial bodily harm, it will probably be prosecuted as a misdemeanor carrying up to $1,000 in fines and/or up to 6 months in jail. But battery committed with a deadly weapon and substantial bodily harm is a category B felony carrying two to fifteen years in prison and maybe up to $10,000 in fines.
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