Larimer County Second Degree Assault Defense Attorney

Here are the specific circumstances where people in Larimer County, Loveland and Fort Collins might expect to be charged with Second Degree Assault:

• With intent to cause bodily injury to another person, he or she causes such injury to any person by means of a deadly weapon; or
• “With intent to prevent” one whom he or she knows, or should know, to be a police officer or firefighter from performing a lawful duty, he or she intentionally causes bodily injury to any person; or
• “Recklessly” causes serious bodily injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon; or
• For a purpose other than lawful medical or therapeutic treatment, he intentionally causes unconsciousness, stupor, or other physical or mental impairment or injury to another person by administering to him, without his consent, a drug, substance, or preparation capable of producing  the intended harm; or
• While lawfully confined or in custody, he or she knowingly and violently applies physical force against the person of a peace officer or firefighter engaged in the performance of his or her duties, or a judge of a court of competent jurisdiction, or an officer of said court. (there are mandatory consecutive sentences in DOC for this offense); (there are similar provisions for juveniles); or
• While lawfully confined in a detention facility, with intent to infect, injure, harm, harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm an employee of a detention center, cause such employee to come into contact with bodily fluids such as blood, urine, mucus, vomit, saliva, etc.