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2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 14 - Criminal Law
RS 14:38 - Simple assault
LA Rev Stat § 14:38 What's This?
§38. Simple assault
A. Simple assault is an assault committed without a dangerous weapon.
B. Whoever commits a simple assault shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.
Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
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