§ 42-56. Assault and battery.

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Any person who commits a simple assault or assault and battery shall be guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor, and if the person intentionally selects the person against whom a simple assault is committed because of his race, religious conviction, color or national origin, the penalty upon conviction shall include a mandatory, minimum term of confinement of at least six months, 30 days of which shall not be suspended, in whole or in part.

(Code 1992, § 15-1)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-57.

(Code 1992, § 15-1)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-57.

                    
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