Assault in the third degree

14 V.I.C. § 297 — under Assault and Battery.

14 V.I.C. § 297

(a) Whoever, under circumstances not amounting to an assault in the first or second degree—(1) assaults another person with intent to commit a felony;(2) assaults another with a deadly weapon;(3) assaults another with premeditated design and by use of means calculated to inflict great bodily harm;(4) assaults another and inflicts serious bodily injury upon the person assaulted; or whoever under any circumstances;(5) [Deleted.]shall be fined not less than $500 and not more than $3,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years or both.

(1) assaults another person with intent to commit a felony;

(2) assaults another with a deadly weapon;

(3) assaults another with premeditated design and by use of means calculated to inflict great bodily harm;

(4) assaults another and inflicts serious bodily injury upon the person assaulted; or whoever under any circumstances;

(5) [Deleted.]

shall be fined not less than $500 and not more than $3,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years or both.

(b) Whoever, under circumstances not amounting to an assault in the first or second degree assaults a peace officer in the lawful discharge of the duties of his office with a weapon of any kind, if it was known or declared to the defendant that the person assaulted was a peace officer discharging an official duty, shall be fined not less than $2,000 and not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.