2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .010   Assault in the first degree.

508.010 Assault in the first degree. (1) A person is guilty of assault in the first degree when: (a)  He intentionally causes serious physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument; or (b)  Under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life he wantonly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another and thereby causes serious physical injury to another person. (2) Assault in the first degree is a Class B felony. Effective: January 1, 1975 History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 65, effective January 1, 1975.