Battery; substantial battery; aggravated battery

940.60 Battery; substantial battery; aggravated battery. Except as provided in s. 940.61, 940.62, 940.65, or 940.66: (1) BATTERY. Whoever causes bodily harm to another by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person or another without the consent of the person so harmed is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (2) SUBSTANTIAL BATTERY. Whoever causes substantial bodily harm to another by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person or another is guilty of a Class I felony. (3) AGGRAVATED BATTERY. (a) Whoever causes great bodily harm to another by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person or another is guilty of a Class H felony. (b) Whoever causes great bodily harm to another by an act done with intent to cause great bodily harm to that person or another is guilty of a Class E felony. (c) Whoever intentionally causes bodily harm to another by conduct that creates a substantial risk of great bodily harm is guilty of a Class H felony. A rebuttable presumption of conduct creating a substantial risk of great bodily harm arises if the person harmed has a physical disability, whether congenital or acquired by accident, injury or disease, that is discernible by an ordinary person viewing the physically disabled person, or that is actually known by the actor. History: 1977 c. 173; 1979 c. 111, 113; 1987 a. 399; 1993 a. 441, 483; 2001 a. 109; 2021 a. 76; 2025 a. 24 ss. 5, 6, 81, 82, 83, 84; Stats. 2025 s. 940.60. Under the “elements only” test, offenses under subsections that require proof of nonconsent are not lesser included offenses of offenses under subsections for which proof of nonconsent is not required. State v. Richards, 123 Wis. 2d 1, 365 N.W.2d 7 (1985). Discussing “physical disability.” State v. Crowley, 143 Wis. 2d 324, 422 N.W.2d 847 (1988). First-degree reckless injury, s. 940.23 (1), was not a lesser included offense of aggravated battery. State v. Eastman, 185 Wis. 2d 405, 518 N.W.2d 257 (Ct. App. 1994). The act of throwing urine that strikes another and causes pain constitutes a battery. State v. Higgs, 230 Wis. 2d 1, 601 N.W.2d 653 (Ct. App. 1999), 98-1811. Section 941.20 (1), first-degree recklessly endangering safety, is not a lesser included offense of sub. (5) [now sub. (3) (b)], aggravated battery. State v. Dibble, 2002 WI App 219, 257 Wis. 2d. 274, 650 N.W.2d 908, 02-0538. NOTE: The above annotations relate to battery statutes in effect prior to their recodification by 2025 Wis. Act 24.