{"id":573998,"date":"2021-11-01T16:53:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=573998"},"modified":"2021-11-02T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:35:27","slug":"assault-charges-in-nc-what-is-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/assault-charges-in-nc-what-is-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Assault Charges in NC: What is Assault?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When can the State bring Assault Charges?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whether it&#8217;s a charge for assault with deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, simple assault, or even misdemeanor assault on a female, an \u201cassault\u201d is an essential element to such criminal <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-574000 lazyload\" src=\"\/jshared\/img\/icons\/spinner.svg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/What-is-Assault-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"What is Assault?\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/What-is-Assault-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/What-is-Assault-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/What-is-Assault-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/What-is-Assault.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> allegations.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That means, for the State to prove someone guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, the prosecutor bears the burden of proof to show the person accused of criminal wrongdoing is guilty of the\u00a0underlying\u00a0crime of <strong>criminal assault<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/assault-charges-in-nc-what-is-assault\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Assault Charges in NC: What is Assault?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When can the State bring Assault Charges?\u00a0\u00a0 Whether it&#8217;s a charge for assault with deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, simple assault, or even misdemeanor assault on a female, an \u201cassault\u201d is an essential element to such criminal allegations.\u00a0 \u00a0 That means, for the State to prove someone guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, the prosecutor bears [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[386,387,86,385,384],"class_list":["post-573998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-charges","tag-how-is-assault-defined","tag-nc-criminal-lawyer","tag-outer-banks-criminal-defense-lawyer","tag-what-does-assault-mean","tag-what-is-an-assault"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Assault Charges in NC: What is Assault? 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