§ 21-645 — Assault, battery, or assault and battery with dangerous

weapon. Every person who, with intent to do bodily harm and without justifiable or excusable cause, commits any assault, battery, or assault and battery upon the person of another with any sharp or dangerous weapon, or who, without such cause, shoots at another, with any kind of firearm, air gun, conductive energy weapon or other means whatever, with intent to injure any person, although without the intent to kill such person or to commit any felony, upon conviction is guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year.

Legislative History

R.L. 1910, § 2344. Amended by Laws 1957, p. 161, § 1; Laws 1961, p. 229, § 1; Laws 1982, c. 173, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1982; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 218, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 125, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2006, c. 62, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 2006; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 100, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 218 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.