Indiana Assault and Battery Lawyer

Indiana assault and battery lawyer, Tony Zirkle is an experienced and skilled criminal defense courtroom attorney who has tried hundreds of criminal trial cases.  Our criminal defense team has an uncanny ability for finding, developing, and presenting the evidence we uncover to a judge and jury.  That type of experience and understanding of Indiana criminal law is what makes a difference in the court room and what you need on your side to win your case.

Have you or a loved one been arrested for assault and battery and need the representation of a capable Indiana Assault and Battery Lawyer?  Contact Tony Zirkle, an Indiana Assault and Battery Lawyer with proven results in litigating Indianan criminal defense cases!   

According to Indiana code, any person who knowingly or intentionally touches another person in an insolent, rude, or angry way commits battery and will be charged with a Class B misdemeanor.

The offence is elevated to a Class A misdemeanor if:

• The action results in bodily injury to any other person.
• The action is committed against a law enforcement officer or a person that has been instructed by an officer performing their official duty.
• The action is committed against a penal facility or juvenile detention facility employee while performing their official duty.
• The action is committed against a firefighter while performing their official duty.
• The action is committed against a community policing volunteer while performing their duties or because the person is a policing volunteer.

The offence is elevated to a Class D felony if it results in bodily injury to:

• A law enforcement officer or a person instructed by an officer while performing their official duty.
• A person under fourteen years of age and is committed by a person eighteen years of age or older.
• Anyone of any age who has mental or physical disabilities and is committed by the person legally or voluntarily responsible for the care of that person.
• The victim if that person was previously attacked by the same person and the offender was convicted of battery for the previous offense.
• An endangered adult.*
• An employee of the department of correction while performing their official duty.
• An employee of a school while performing their official duty.
• A correctional professional while performing their official duty.
• A health care provider while performing their official duty.
• A penal facility or juvenile detention facility employee while performing their official duty.
• A firefighter while performing their official duty.
• A community policing volunteer while performing their duties or because the person is a policing volunteer.

The offence is elevated to a Class C felony if it results in serious bodily injury to:

• Any other person or if it is committed with the use of a deadly weapon.
• An endangered adult.*

The offence is elevated to a Class B felony if it results in:

• Serious bodily injury to a person under fourteen years of age and is committed by a person eighteen years of age or older.
• Death of an endangered adult.*

The offence is elevated to a Class A felony if it results in death to:

• A person under fourteen years of age and is committed by a person eighteen years of age or older.

 Have you or a loved one been arrested for assault and battery and need the representation of a capable Indiana Assault and Battery Lawyer?  Contact Tony Zirkle, an Indiana Assault and Battery Lawyer with proven results in litigating Indianan criminal defense cases!

* An endangered adult is a person at least 18 years old and incapacitated by mental illness, physical disability, or under the influence of drugs or alcohol.