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AssultAssault involves a crime of violence against another person. In Minnesota, assault charges are prosecuted according to the severity of the injury suffered and the relationship between the victim and the accused. Minnesota assault statutes contain six major categories of assault crimes: First Degree Assault Whoever assaults another and inflicts great bodily harm; or uses deadly force against a peace officer or correctional employee; or attempts to use deadly force against the officer or employee while the officer or employee is engaged in the performance of a duty imposed by law is guilty of first-degree assault in Minnesota. Second Degree Assault Whoever assaults another with a dangerous weapon and inflicts substantial bodily harm is guilty of second-degree assault in Minnesota. Third Degree Assault Whoever assaults another and inflicts substantial bodily harm; or who assaults a child and has a pattern of assaultive behavior upon a child is guilty of third-degree assault in Minnesota. Fourth Degree Assault An individual who assaults a peace officer, firefighter, emergency room doctor or nurse, natural resources employee, correctional employee or secured facility employee; or who engages in assaultive behavior driven by bias is guilty of fourth-degree assault in Minnesota. Fifth Degree Assault Whoever commits an act with intent to cause fear in another of immediate bodily harm or death; or intentionally inflicts or attempts to inflict bodily harm upon another is guilty of a fifth-degree assault in Minnesota. Domestic Assault Whoever commits an act with intent to cause fear in a family member of immediate bodily harm or death; or intentionally inflicts or attempts to inflict bodily harm upon another is guilty of domestic assault in Minnesota. |
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Terry Karkela recently attended the annual meeting of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) in Philadelphia, PA and was welcomed as a new member. ACREL is the premiere real esate organization for attorneys in the United States. Membership is by invitation only and limited to those attorneys who demonstrate a high level of expertise in real estate law and who have devoted substantial time and effort to improving the practice of real estate law by teaching other attorneys, writing about, and working on the adoption of legislation. Only 30 MN attorneys are members and all except 3 are from the metropolitan area.
Karkela, Hunt, Cichosz & Jensen, PLLP is pleased to announce that Matthew D. Jorud has joined our law firm and will be doing general practice work for the firm. If you need assistance, or ar looking to refer a matter, Mr. Jorud would be happy to offer free initial consultation.
Paul Hunt served as an attorney coach in the 2009 Minnesota High School Mock Trial Competition. The Minnesota State Bar Association will recognize the more than 500 mock trial volunteers in the May/June issue of Bench & Bar.