Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 62. OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Article I. CRIMES AND OFFENSES IN CITY OF LAFAYETTE |
Division 2. SPECIFIC CRIMES AND OFFENSES IN CITY OF LAFAYETTE |
§ 62-67. Simple battery.
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(a)
Defined. Simple battery is the intentional use of force or violence upon the person of another, without the consent of the victim, committed without a dangerous weapon.
(b)
Whoever commits a simple battery shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(City Code 1965, § 10-67)
State law reference
Similar provisions, R.S. 14:35.