TITLE 18

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 9

ASSAULT AND BATTERY

18-904.  Battery — Punishment. Battery is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six (6) months, or both unless the victim is pregnant and this fact is known to the batterer, in which case the punishment is by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or both.

History:

[18-904, added 1979, ch. 227, sec. 2, p. 624; am. 1996, ch. 227, sec. 1, p. 741; am. 2005, ch. 359, sec. 3, p. 1134.]