Title 5, Criminal Offenses

(a) A person commits aggravated assault if, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, he or she purposely:(1) Engages in conduct that creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person;(2) Displays a firearm i…

(a) A person commits assault in the first degree if he or she:(1) Recklessly engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person; or(2) Purposely impedes or prevents the respiration of another person or the circulation of anoth…

(a) A person commits assault in the second degree if he or she recklessly engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of physical injury to another person. (b) Assault in the second degree is a Class B misdemeanor.

(a) A person commits assault in the third degree if he or she purposely creates apprehension of imminent physical injury in another person. (b) Assault in the third degree is a Class C misdemeanor.

(a) A person commits coercion if he or she compels or induces another person to engage in conduct from which the other person has a legal right to abstain, or to abstain from engaging in conduct in which the other person has a legal right to engage, by purposeful conduct designed…

(a) A person commits abuse of an athletic contest official if, immediately prior to, during, or immediately following an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or any other organized amateur or professional athletic contest in which an athletic contest official is participating, the p…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to inject any controlled substance as defined by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq., into the human body of another person, unless the controlled substance has been ordered for the person receiving the controlled substance …

(a) A person commits aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer or an employee of a correctional facility if:(1) Under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the personal hygiene of the law enforcement officer or employee of the correctional facility, the person…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Healthcare provider” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession;(2) “Human reproductive material” means the…

(a) A person commits aggravated assault against a first responder if:(1) The person knowingly causes physical contact with a first responder by spitting, throwing, or otherwise transferring bodily fluids, pathogens, or human waste onto the person of the first responder or by thro…

(a) As used in this section:(1) (A) “Correctional facility” means a place used for the confinement of persons charged with or convicted of an offense or otherwise confined under a court order.(B) “Correctional facility” includes the Arkansas State Hospital only in regard to perso…

(a) A person commits the offense of aggravated assault upon a healthcare worker if he or she, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the personal hygiene and safety of the healthcare worker, purposely engages in conduct that creates a potential danger of infectio…

(a) (1) A person commits the offense of terroristic threatening in the first degree if:(A) With the purpose of terrorizing another person, the person threatens to cause death or serious physical injury or substantial property damage to another person; or(B) With the purpose of te…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Mass violence” means physical injury that a reasonable person would conclude could lead to permanent injury, including without limitation permanent physical injury, permanent mental injury, or permanent emotional injury, or death to two (2) or mor…

(a) A person commits a terroristic act if, while not in the commission of a lawful act, the person:(1) Shoots at or in any manner projects an object at a conveyance which is being operated or which is occupied by another person with the purpose to cause injury to another person o…