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Negligent Assault Complaint With A Deadly Weapon In Massachusetts
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Misdemeanor or Felony Penalties for Assault and Battery in Massachusetts. In many assault and assault-and-battery crimes, the law allows a judge to impose either a misdemeanor of two-and-a-half years in jail or a felony sentence of three or more years in prison.
Penalties for Simple Assault Incarceration: Up to 2.5 years in a house of correction. Fines: Up to $1,000. Probation: Court-ordered probation, often with conditions such as anger management classes or community service.
Third-degree felony: Between two to 10 years in prison, plus a fine of up to $10,000. Second-degree felony: Between two to 20 years in prison, plus a fine of up to $10,000. First-degree felony: Between five years to life in prison, plus a fine of up to $10,000.
In Massachusetts, carrying a dangerous weapon on your person, or in your vehicle, is punishable by 6 months up to 2 1/2 years in jail.
Section 15A. (a) Whoever commits assault and battery upon a person sixty years or older by means of a dangerous weapon shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment in jail for not more than two and one-half years.
Massachusetts law permits the use of deadly force when necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury; this should always be treated as a last resort after other options have been explored and exhausted.
Massachusetts' law, which was signed into law in 1998 by Republican former Governor Mitt Romney, was modeled after a now-expired federal assault weapons ban and prohibits owning or selling certain semiautomatic weapons, as well as magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
The following states have implemented capacity-based magazine bans: California – 10 rounds, Colorado – 15 rounds, Connecticut – 10 rounds, Hawaii – 10 rounds, Massachusetts – 10 rounds, New York – 10 rounds; New Jersey – 10 rounds (previously restricted to 15 rounds); Vermont – 10 rounds for rifles and 15 rounds for ...