Battery is considered a felony and is defined as the undesirable touching of another person or something linked to him/her. Considered insulting, battery is a planned act without the approval of the offended person. Battery is strong and/or aggressive and sometimes is confused with physical attack. The difference between a physical attack and battery is that battery needs more than the spoken damage.
In many normal law jurisdictions the crime of battery includes damage or another contact upon the person in a form that probably causes corporal harm. Battery is often broken down into degrees that decide the gravity of the intention and the sentence. For example: simple battery can involve any manner of non-consensual, damaging or offensive contact, sexual battery may be defined as the non-consensual physical contact of the private parts of another person. Family aggression battery may be restricted in its scope among people in a certain point of connection: statutes regarding this insult have been showed as a reaction to the growing consciousness of the home violence problem.
The gravity of a battery accusation may vary; sometimes the corporal damage can be minimal, even insignificant, nevertheless when it is produced in a severe manner it is determined as a grave battery injury. Punishments for severe battery are bigger since this situation is considered a crime. However criminal laws are different on each state; in some places battery is considered a severe felony if there is presence of a lethal gun.
To determine if somebody is guilty of a battery crime it is required to demonstrate the purpose of the attacker; sometimes the person who commits this crime can be absolved of the charges if he/she presents evidences of suffering an unbalanced mental condition.
If you or someone that you know suffered a battery experience, contact your attorney and ask him/her about the possibilities of making a claim against the attacker.