There are many types of offenses against the person, commonly known as types of assault. In Texas, there are at least 15 types of assault:
ASSAULT.
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
INDECENT ASSAULT.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT.
INJURY TO A CHILD, ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL, OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL.
ABANDONING OR ENDANGERING CHILD.
DEADLY CONDUCT.
CONSENT AS DEFENSE TO ASSAULTIVE CONDUCT.
TERRORISTIC THREAT.
AIDING SUICIDE.
TAMPERING WITH CONSUMER PRODUCT.
LEAVING A CHILD IN A VEHICLE.
HARASSMENT BY PERSONS IN CERTAIN FACILITIES; HARASSMENT OF PUBLIC SERVANT.
APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT.
In this case we will focus on the first five. We’ll give you a brief overview of these types of assaults.
- ASSAULT.
In general, assault is known as a form of physical attack, but it actually covers far more than we get to see on TV. The assault offense is committed if the person intentionally:
- causes bodily injury to another, including the person’s spouse;
- threatens another with imminent bodily injury, including the person’s spouse;
(3) causes physical contact with another when the person knows or should reasonably believe that the other will regard the contact as offensive or provocative.
- SEXUAL ASSAULT.
The sexual assault offense is committed if the person intentionally causes, without consent:
- the penetration of the anus or sexual organ of another person by any means,
- penetration of the mouth of another person by the sexual organ of the actor,
- the sexual organ of another person, without that person’s consent, to contact or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person,
- INDECENT ASSAULT.
A person commits an offense if, without the other person’s consent and with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, the person:
- touches the anus, breast, or any part of the genitals of another person;
- touches another person with the anus, breast, or any part of the genitals of any person;
- exposes or attempts to expose another person’s genitals, pubic area, anus, buttocks, or female areola; or
- causes another person to contact the blood, seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of any person.
- AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
A person commits an offense if the person:
- causes serious bodily injury to another, including the person’s spouse;
- uses or exhibits a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault.
- uses a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault and causes serious bodily injury to a person
- AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT.
There is a whole list of offenses under this type of assault and it is similar to the sexual assault above, except it covers more and into greater detail.
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