RCW 9A.36.011
Assault in the first degree
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2020-06-11
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Assault in the first degree.
(1) A person is guilty of assault in the first degree if he or she, with intent to inflict great bodily harm:
(a) Assaults another with a firearm or any deadly weapon or by any force or means likely to produce great bodily harm or death; or
(b) Transmits HIV to a child or vulnerable adult; or
(c) Administers, exposes, or transmits to or causes to be taken by another, poison or any other destructive or noxious substance; or
(d) Assaults another and inflicts great bodily harm.
(2) Assault in the first degree is a class A felony.
History
2020 c 76 s 16; 1997 c 196 s 1; 1986 c 257 s 4.
Editor's note (not law)
Notes: Severability—1986 c 257: See note following RCW 9A.56.010. Effective date—1986 c 257 ss 3-10: See note following RCW 9A.04.110.
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Assault in the first degree. (1) A person is guilty of assault in the first degree if he or she, with intent to inflict great bodily harm: (a) Assaults another with a firearm or any deadly weapon or by any force or means likely to produce great bodily harm or death; or (b) Transmits HIV to a child or vulnerable adult; or (c) Administers, exposes, or transmits to or causes to be taken by another, poison or any other destructive or noxious substance; or (d) Assaults another and inflicts great bodily harm. (2) Assault in the first degree is a class A felony. [ 2020 c 76 s 16; 1997 c 196 s 1; 1986 c 257 s 4.] Notes: Severability—1986 c 257: See note following RCW 9A.56.010. Effective date—1986 c 257 ss 3-10: See note following RCW 9A.04.110.
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