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N.Y. Penal Law § 120.10: Assault in the first degree

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title H. Offenses Against the Person Involving Physical Injury, Sexual Conduct, Restraint and Intimidation
  4. Article 120. Assault and Related Offenses

§ 120.10 Assault in the first degree.

A person is guilty of assault in the first degree when:

1. With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he

causes such injury to such person or to a third person by means of a

deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument; or

2. With intent to disfigure another person seriously and permanently,

or to destroy, amputate or disable permanently a member or organ of his

body, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person; or

3. Under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life,

he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to

another person, and thereby causes serious physical injury to another

person; or

4. In the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempted

commission of a felony or of immediate flight therefrom, he, or another

participant if there be any, causes serious physical injury to a person

other than one of the participants.

Assault in the first degree is a class B felony.

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