PA+Assault-2

PA Laws

PA Assault Scenario, Example, Questions-2

Guilty if.. (puts another in fear of harming them intentionally hiding a needle on them to harm an officer or any officer or employee of the prison institution 2nd degree misdemeanor: unless occurred while fighting With mutual consent,)
 * __Simple assault__**:
 * Attempts or intentionally causes harm to another
 * causes harm to another with a weapon-Puts another in fear of harming them
 * If the crime is against a 12 year old or younger and the offender is 21 or older it then becomes a misdemeanor of the 1st degree
 * The fine and sentence for misdemeanor of the 2nd degree is up to 2 years in jail and a fine up to $5,000.
 * The fine and sentence for a misdemeanor of the 1st degree is up to 5 years in jail and a $10,000 fine

Guilty if....
 * __Aggravated assault__**:
 * Attempts to causes serious bodily injury to another
 * causes serious bodily injury to any of the officers, agents, employees or to a employee of an agency, company or other entity engaged in public transportation, while in the performance of duty.
 * Causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.
 * Attempts to causes bodily injury to a teaching staff member, school board member or other employee, including a student employee, of any elementary or secondary publicly-funded educational institution, any elementary or secondary private school licensed by the Department of Education or any elementary or secondary school while acting in the scope of his or her employment or because of his or her employment relationship to the school.
 * It is Felony of the first degree
 * Felony of the second degree

Guilty if..
 * __Recklessly endangering another person__**:
 * Engages in something that endangers another person of death or serious injury
 * 2nd degree misdemeanor
 * A fine and sentence of up to 2 years in jail and up to a $5,000 fine

__**Terroristic threats**__: Guilty if:
 * Communicates to terrorize another or cause an evacuation of a building, place of assembly or transportation
 * Causes serious public inconvenience or terror or with recklessness
 * they also have to pay restitution
 * misdemeanor of the 1st degree or depending can go to felony of the 3rd degree
 * misdemeanor of the 1st degree gets a fine of $10,000 and up to 5 years a felony of the third degree gets a fine of $15,000 and no more than 7 years in jail.

Guilty if…
 * __Discharge of firearm into an occupied structure:__**
 * A person discharges a firearm into a structure which is adapted for overnight accommodations for a person
 * Felony of the third degree with a sentence of no more than 7 years and a fine of up to $15,000

Guilty if…
 * __Paintball guns and paintball markers:__**
 * To carry a paintball gun in ones car it must be emptied of all paint-balls, the propellant is disconnected paint-balls are stored in a closed container and the gun must be secured in a wrapper, has a barrel block on, is not assessable for a passenger
 * Also, paintball guns may not be shot at anyone not participating in the game.
 * This is considered a summary offense which has a sentence of no more than 90 days and no more than a $300 fine.

Guilty if…
 * __Ethnic Intimidation:__**
 * With bad intentions commits an offense towards a certain race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, or offense someone of their property for same reasons
 * If any other offences committed with this one is a summary offense, than it is a misdemeanor of the third degree which has a 1 year in jail and a fine up to $2,000.
 * If not a summary offense this offense is one degree above the other offense committed.

Guilty if… Summary offense with no more than 90 days in jail and a fine no more than $300, or a misdemeanor of the third degree with no more than one year in jail and no more than a $2,000 fine.
 * __Harassment:__**
 * When annoying another person if they strike back, or in anyway attempts to hurt that person or threatens, follows that person around, continually does things that have no meaning, talks to others about one in a threatening way, anonymously communicates, communicates at inconvenient hours

Guilty if…
 * __Stalking:__**
 * Follows the person around for no reason, follows around with an intention to harm them, communicates with a person to engage harm on them,
 * Misdemeanor of the 1st degree for a first time offense with up to 5 years in jail and up to a $10,000 fine.
 * Repeated is a felony of the third degree with a fine of $15,000 and up to 7 years in jail.

__**Propulsion of missiles into an occupied vehicle or onto a roadway**__
 * Whoever intentionally throws, shoots or propels any type of an object into a vehicle that is occupied by one or more persons commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.
 * Whoever intentionally drops, throws or shoots any solid object onto or toward a roadway shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.

__**Assault on sports official**:__ Guilty if…
 * Same as simple assault it is just committed on a sports official
 * Misdemeanor of the 1st degree with a fine up to $10,000 and a sentence of up to 5 years.

Guilty if........
 * __Probable cause arrests in domestic violence cases__**:
 * A police officer has the authority to make an arrest, conduct a personal or property search, or to obtain a warrant for arrest. It is also used to refer to the standard to which a grand jury believes that a crime has been committed. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue. Also guilty if their behaviors are used by one person in a relationship to control the other.
 * Partners may be married or not married; heterosexual, gay, or lesbian; living together, separated or dating.