{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-120.10","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 120.10","heading":"Assault in the first degree","body":"§ 120.10 Assault in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of assault in the first degree when:\n  1. With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he\ncauses such injury to such person or to a third person by means of a\ndeadly weapon or a dangerous instrument; or\n  2. With intent to disfigure another person seriously and permanently,\nor to destroy, amputate or disable permanently a member or organ of his\nbody, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person; or\n  3. Under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life,\nhe recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to\nanother person, and thereby causes serious physical injury to another\nperson; or\n  4. In the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempted\ncommission of a felony or of immediate flight therefrom, he, or another\nparticipant if there be any, causes serious physical injury to a person\nother than one of the participants.\n  Assault in the first degree is a class B felony.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title H. Offenses Against the Person Involving Physical Injury, Sexual Conduct, Restraint and Intimidation","Article 120. Assault and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/120.10","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"fcae51ddee44d1ca78d1a63efaccc08d9c5e93e2fc3b536f92f3d16957d23afc","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-120.09-a","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-120.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}