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Kane County Assault & Battery Defense Attorney
From a misdemeanor bar fight to an aggravated battery felony, an assault or battery charge can put your record and your freedom at risk.
Illinois separates assault (720 ILCS 5/12-1) from battery (720 ILCS 5/12-3), with aggravated versions (720 ILCS 5/12-2, 12-3.05) charged as felonies when a weapon, serious injury, or a protected victim is involved. The difference between a misdemeanor and a felony, and between probation and prison, is often a single fact.
Self-defense, mutual combat, mistaken identity, and exaggerated injuries are all live issues in these cases. We investigate the scene, the witnesses, and any video, and we hold the State to its burden of proof.
- •Assault: 720 ILCS 5/12-1
- •Battery: 720 ILCS 5/12-3
- •Aggravated assault/battery can be a felony
- •Self-defense is a powerful defense where it applies
- •We pursue video and independent witnesses
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