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2018 Arkansas Code
Title 5 - Criminal Offenses
Subtitle 2 - Offenses Against the Person
Chapter 13 - Assault and Battery
Subchapter 2 - Offenses Generally
§ 5-13-203. Battery in the third degree
Universal Citation: AR Code § 5-13-203 (2018)
(a) A person commits battery in the third degree if:
(1) With the purpose of causing physical injury to another person, the person causes physical injury to any person;
(2) The person recklessly causes physical injury to another person;
(3) The person negligently causes physical injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon; or
(4) The person purposely causes stupor, unconsciousness, or physical or mental impairment or injury to another person by administering to the other person, without the other person's consent, any drug or other substance.
(b) Battery in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
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