Title 14 — Crimes
77 chapters · 525 sections in this title.
14 V.I.C. § 291 Assault defined
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(1) Whoever—(1) attempts to commit a battery; or(2) makes a threatening gesture showing in itself an immediate intention coupled with an ability to commit a battery—commits an assault. (1) attempts to commit a battery; or (2) makes a threatening gesture showing in itself an immed…
14 V.I.C. § 292 Assault and battery defined
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Whoever uses any unlawful violence upon the person of another with intent to injure him, whatever be the means or the degree of violence used, commits an assault and battery.
14 V.I.C. § 293 Lawful violence, what constitutes
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(a) Violence used to the person does not amount to an assault or an assault and battery—(1) in the exercise of the right of moderate restraint or correction given by the law to the parents over the child, the guardian over the ward, the master over his apprentice or minor servant…
14 V.I.C. § 294 Provocation, effect of
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No verbal provocation justifies an assault and battery, but insulting and abusive words may be given in evidence in mitigation of the punishment affixed to the offense.
14 V.I.C. § 295 Assault in the first degree
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(1) Whoever—(1) with intent to commit murder, assaults another;(2) with intent to kill, administers or causes to be administered to another, any poison or other noxious or destructive substance or liquid, and death does not result;(3) with intent to commit rape, sodomy, mayhem, r…
14 V.I.C. § 296 Assault in the second degree
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(1) Whoever willfully—(1) mingles any poison with any food, drink, or medicine, with intent that the same shall be taken by any human being, to his injury; or(2) poisons any spring, well, or reservoir of water; or(3) strangle or attempts to strangle any person in an act of domest…
14 V.I.C. § 296a Assault of school personnel
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(a) Whoever, under circumstances not amounting to an assault in the first or second degree assaults a principal, assistant principal, superintendent, assistant superintendent, counselor, teacher, substitute teacher, paraprofessional, aide or monitor of the Department of Education…
14 V.I.C. § 297 Assault in the third degree
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(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 …
14 V.I.C. § 298 Aggravated assault and battery
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(1) Whoever commits an assault and battery—(1) upon an officer in the lawful discharge of the duties of his office, if it was known or declared to the offender that the person assaulted was an officer discharging an official duty;(2) in a court of justice or in any place of relig…
14 V.I.C. § 299 Simple assault and battery
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(1) Whoever commits—(1) a simple assault; or(2) an assault or battery unattended with circumstances of aggravation—shall be fined not more than $250 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both the imprisoned and fined. (1) a simple assault; or (2) an assault or battery unatte…
14 V.I.C. § 300 Administration of narcotic with intent to commit a felony
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Whoever administers to another person any chloroform, ether, laudanum or other narcotic, anesthetic or intoxicating agent, with intent thereby to enable or assist himself or any other person to commit a felony shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years.
14 V.I.C. § 301 Assault and battery upon a judge
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In addition to any other penalty that may be prescribed by this chapter, whoever commits an assault and battery upon a judge of any court of the Virgin Islands if the offender knows the person assaulted to be a judge shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than…
14 V.I.C. § 302 Throwing bodily fluid or waste at a person
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(a) Any person who is housed in any correctional facility in the Virgin Islands or who is being detained, arrested, transported or supervised by a correctional officer, police officer, marshal, or any other peace officer whether such person is a sentenced prisoner, a pretrial det…
14 V.I.C. § 303 Introducing bodily fluid or waste into food or drink
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(a) Any person who knowingly introduces any bodily fluid or bodily waste into the food or drink of a correctional officer, staff member, private contractor or employee of any correctional facility or court of the Virgin Islands, police officer or authorized visitor to a correctio…