Battery Penalties Overview

A crime involving physical contact that causes serious injury or is committed through strangulation. It is a category B felony with a potential prison sentence of 2 to 15 years and a fine of up to $10,000.

A crime involving physical contact by a probationer, prisoner, or parolee without the use of a deadly weapon. It is a category B felony with a potential prison sentence of 1 to 6 years.

A crime involving physical contact committed by a probationer, prisoner, or parolee using a deadly weapon, but without causing serious injury. It is a category B felony with a potential prison sentence of 2 to 10 years.

A crime involving physical contact committed by a probationer, prisoner, or parolee using a deadly weapon and resulting in serious injury or strangulation. It is a category B felony.

The specific penalties for Battery depend on the circumstances and the offender's status. The severity of the crime is determined by factors like the presence of a deadly weapon, the occurrence of substantial bodily harm, or the act of strangulation.

In Nevada, a battery committed without a deadly weapon that doesn't cause substantial harm is a misdemeanor.

Battery committed without a deadly weapon, but causing substantial harm or involving strangulation, is a category C felony.

A battery committed against a specific professional like a police officer, healthcare provider, school employee, taxi driver, transit operator, or sports official while they're working, that causes substantial harm or involves strangulation, is a serious crime.

Battery against mentioned professionals while they're working, using deadly weapons, but without causing substantial harm, is considered a fairly serious crime.

Battery against mentioned professionals while they're working, even without causing substantial harm, but with the awareness that they are a professional, is treated as a gross misdemeanor.

A battery involving a deadly weapon but causing no substantial harm to the victim is categorised as a category B felony in Nevada.

Battery committed with a deadly weapon and resulting in substantial bodily harm to the victim is classified as a category A felony in Nevada.

Battery committed with a deadly weapon against a vulnerable victim, like a child, and resulting in substantial bodily harm is considered a category A felony in Nevada.