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      21-3414.   Aggravated battery. (a) Aggravated battery is:

      (1) (A)   Intentionally causing great bodily harm to another person or disfigurement of another person; or

      (B)   intentionally causing bodily harm to another person with a deadly weapon, or in any manner whereby great bodily harm, disfigurement or death can be inflicted; or

      (C)   intentionally causing physical contact with another person when done in a rude, insulting or angry manner with a deadly weapon, or in any manner whereby great bodily harm, disfigurement or death can be inflicted; or

      (2) (A)   recklessly causing great bodily harm to another person or disfigurement of another person; or

      (B)   recklessly causing bodily harm to another person with a deadly weapon, or in any manner whereby great bodily harm, disfigurement or death can be inflicted.

      (b)   Aggravated battery as described in subsection (a)(1)(A) is a severity level 4, person felony. Aggravated battery as described in subsections (a)(1)(B) and (a)(1)(C) is a severity level 7, person felony. Aggravated battery as described in subsection (a)(2)(A) is a severity level 5, person felony. Aggravated battery as described in subsection (a)(2)(B) is a severity level 8, person felony. A person convicted of aggravated battery shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (h) of K.S.A. 21-4704 and amendments thereto.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3414; L. 1992, ch. 298, § 12; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 29; July 1.