2023 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 14 - Criminal Law
§14:35. Simple battery

Universal Citation:
LA Rev Stat § 14:35 (2023)
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RS 14:35 - Simple battery

A. Simple battery is a battery committed without the consent of the victim.

B. Whoever commits a simple battery shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 2006, No. 81, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.

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