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| Arthur Khachatourians Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney 5455 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1925, Los Angeles, California 90036 Firm: (323) 655-7180 Direct: (818) 590-8294 Fax: (323) 655-7122 ak@tyler-law.com Mr. Khachatourians represents clients throughout Southern California (CA) including, but not limited to, the following courthouses: Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, Alhambra Courthouse, Airport Courthouse, Antelope Valley - Antonovich Courthouse, Bauchet - Central Arraignment Court, Bellflower Courthouse, Beverly Hills Courthouse, Burbank Courthouse, Chatsworth Courthouse, Compton Courthouse, Downey Courthouse, El Monte Courthouse, East Los Angeles Courthouse, Glendale Courthouse Felony and Misdemeanor, Hollywood Courthouse, Inglewood Courthouse, Long Beach Courthouse, Malibu Courthouse, Metropolitan Courthouse, Norwalk Courthouse, Pasadena Courthouse, Pomona Courthouse, San Fernando Courthouse, Santa Clarita Courthouse, Santa Monica Courthouse, Torrance Courthouse, Van Nuys Courthouse, West Covina Courthouse, West Los Angeles Courthouse, Whittier Courthouse, Lancaster Juvenile Courthouse, Alfred J. McCourtney Juvenile Justice Center, Delinquency & Dependency Court,Eastlake Juvenile Courthouse, Inglewood Juvenile Courthouse, Kenyon Juvenile Justice Center - Delinquency Court, Los Padrinos Juvenile Courthouse, Sylmar Juvenile Courthouse, Long Beach Juvenile and other criminal courthouses located in Orange County, San Bernardino, and Riverside. |
| California Assault & Battery Charges: Assault and Battery are often charged together. They are separate crimes that have specific elements. The prosecution needs to prove each and every one of the required elements beyond a reasonable doubt. If there is any doubt, any reasonable doubt, that the alleged facts do not fit the elements of the crime, the jury must acquit the defendant of the charge. It is your right to have a qualified Los Angeles criminal defense attorney investigate the facts of the case, impeach the creditability of adverse witnesses, present direct and circumstantial evidence that provides a reasonable explanation of the facts, and create doubt as to each and every one of the elements of each charge. ASSAULT is defined under California Penal Code § 240 as follows: "An assault is an unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another." BATTERY is defined under California Penal Code § 242 as follows: "A battery is any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another." |
| CALIFORNIA Domestic Violence DEFINITIONS California Battery Charge - Jury Instructions: When the Defendant is charged with simple battery, the prosecution has the burden to prove that: 1. The defendant willfully [and unlawfully] touched the victim in a harmful or offensive manner; AND 2. The defendant did not act in self-defense or in defense of someone else. Someone commits an act willfully when he or she does it willingly or on purpose. It is not required that he or she intend to break the law, hurt someone else, or gain any advantage. The slightest touching can be enough to commit a battery if it is done in a rude or angry way. Making contact with another person, including through his or her clothing, is enough. The touching does not have to cause pain or injury of any kind. [The touching can be done indirectly by causing an object [or someone else] to touch the other person.] [It is no defense to this crime that the defendant was responding to a provocative act that was not a threat or an attempt to inflict physical injury.] [Words alone, no matter how offensive or exasperating, are not an excuse for this crime.] |
