{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-32","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-32","heading":"Felonious assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflicting serious injury; punishments.","body":"(a)\tAny person who assaults another person with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflicts serious injury shall be punished as a Class C felon.\n(b)\tAny person who assaults another person with a deadly weapon and inflicts serious injury shall be punished as a Class E felon.\n(c)\tAny person who assaults another person with a deadly weapon with intent to kill shall be punished as a Class E felon.\n(d)\tAny person who assaults an emergency worker with a deadly weapon and inflicts serious injury shall be punished as a Class D felon.\n(e)\tAny person who assaults an emergency worker with a deadly weapon with intent to kill shall be punished as a Class D felon.\n(f)\tFor the purposes of this section, an \"emergency worker\" is a law enforcement officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician, or medical responder. (1919, c. 101; C.S., s. 4214; 1931, c. 145, s. 30; 1969, c. 602, s. 2; 1971, c. 765, s. 1; c. 1093, s. 12; 1973, c. 229, ss. 1-3; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1138; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2023-76, s. 7.)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","Subchapter III. Offenses Against the Person.","Article 8. Assaults."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-32.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"8f0dc5ea9cb5224b19ed495a38d478bf0c18219479b06d5e8660b2bda7580b6c","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-31","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-32.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}