Is A Battery A Felony. Conduct amounted to a separate felony such as murder rape or mayhem the battery merged therein. Felony conviction within past 5 years for physical assault battery or drug related offense NY.
However an alleged offender may be charged with a felony when certain criteria are met. Thats where domestic battery as a Class 2 felony comes in. Most jurisdictions say that battery is a felony offense if it rises to the level of an aggravated battery.
Battery defined as the physical striking hitting or sometimes groping of another individual without their consent is a punishable crime in New York City.
Battery is a specific common law misdemeanor although the term is used more generally to refer to any unlawful offensive physical contact with another person and may be a misdemeanor or a felony depending on the circumstances. When serious bodily harm does occur the battery will be charged as a felony. Aggravated assault if these conditions are met. The most common criminal charge for domestic violence is a misdemeanor offense of battery.
