First Degree Assault is charged in Greeley and Weld County when a person uses a deadly weapon to cause serious bodily injury to another. A Colorado man is being charged with this crime, along with Attempted First Degree Murder and three misdemeanor crimes, after purposely running over his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, twice. According to the report, the ex and new boyfriend had a confrontation on Thanksgiving Day. After the conflict, the new boyfriend got a civil restraining order against the ex. The ex didn’t take it well, and responded by running over the new boyfriend twice, breaking both of his legs and fracturing his hip. The injured boyfriend has since ended his relationship with the girl, and the ex is facing some serious felony charges, including Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
Weld County Assault in the First Degree Lawyer: Definition of First Degree Assault in Morgan and Logan County
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Assault in the First Degree, as it applies to the case above – C.R.S. 18-3-202(1)(a) – is:
(a) With intent to cause serious bodily injury to another person, he causes serious bodily injury to any person by means of a deadly weapon;
Two important terms in this statute are ‘deadly weapon’ and ‘serious bodily injury.’ Deadly weapon is defined as:
(II) A knife, bludgeon, or any other weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, whether animate or inanimate, that, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is capable of producing death or serious bodily injury.
“Serious bodily injury” means:
A car is considered a deadly weapon because it is capable of producing death and the man suffered from broken bones, which meets the serious bodily injury criteria.
Sentence for 1st Degree Assault in Greeley
First Degree Assault is a class 3 felony crime of violence, punishable by 8 to 24 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and up to $750,000 in fines.
If you or someone you love has been charged with First Degree Assault, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009.
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