Table of Contents TITLE 45. CRIMES CHAPTER 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON Part 2. Assault and Related Offenses
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Mont. Code Ann. § 45-5-202

Aggravated assault

(1) A person commits the offense of aggravated assault if the person purposely or knowingly causes serious bodily injury to another or purposely or knowingly, with the use of physical force or contact, causes reasonable apprehension of serious bodily injury or death in another.

(2) A person convicted of aggravated assault shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term not to exceed 20 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, except as provided in 46-18-219 and 46-18-222.

Opinions construing this section

54 opinions
2008 MT 112 Apr 8, 2008 Affirmed
State v. Charles R. Clark
Majority by W. William Leaphart · 5 to 0
ifty years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. 276 Mont. 479, 482, 918 P.2d 296, 298 (1996). In this case, the State charged Clark with aggravated assault under § 45-5-202(1), MCA. Aggravated assault carries a maximum sentence of twenty years in state prison and a fine of $50,000. Section 45-5-202(2), MCA. Clark pleaded nolo contendere t
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History:
En. 94-5-202 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973
Amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 584, L. 1977
R.C.M. 1947, 94-5-202
Amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 198, L. 1981
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 289, L. 1981
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 163, L. 1985
Amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 482, L. 1995
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 245, L. 1997
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 433, L. 1997
Amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 432, L. 1999 (HB 203 - Shockley, Jim (R) HD 61)
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 472, L. 2007 (SB 486 - Shockley, Jim (R) SD 45)
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