{"id":1013,"date":"2021-11-02T11:47:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T15:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2021-11-02T16:34:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:34:25","slug":"raleigh-assault-charges-what-is-an-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/raleigh-assault-charges-what-is-an-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Raleigh Assault Charges:  What is an \u201cAssault?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you have assault charges in Raleigh, the allegations may involve simple assault or assault on a female or even assault with deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Each of those types of criminal <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1016 lazyload\" src=\"\/jshared\/img\/icons\/spinner.svg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Assault-Lawyers-in-Raleigh-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Assault Lawyers in Raleigh\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Assault-Lawyers-in-Raleigh-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Assault-Lawyers-in-Raleigh-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Assault-Lawyers-in-Raleigh-179x120.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Assault-Lawyers-in-Raleigh.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> matters are comprised of \u201cessential elements.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In order to prove someone guilty,\u00a0the prosecutor must present evidence indicating the accused, the Defendant charged with criminal wrongdoing, is guilty of the underlying crime of\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">criminal assault<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While that may seem straightforward enough, if not obvious, the criminal laws as established by the General Assembly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>do not specifically define what is an assault<\/em><\/span> in the State of North Carolina.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/raleigh-assault-charges-what-is-an-assault\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Raleigh Assault Charges:  What is an \u201cAssault?\u201d\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have assault charges in Raleigh, the allegations may involve simple assault or assault on a female or even assault with deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Each of those types of criminal matters are comprised of \u201cessential elements.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In order to prove someone guilty,\u00a0the prosecutor must present evidence indicating the accused, the Defendant charged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[192,193,156,191],"class_list":["post-1013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-defense","tag-definition-of-assault-in-north-carolina","tag-raleigh-assault-charges-lawyers","tag-raleigh-criminal-lawyers","tag-what-is-assault"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Raleigh Assault Charges: What is an \u201cAssault?\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Assault charges 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