New Orleans Assault Criminal Defense Attorney
Elizabeth B. Carpenter, Esq. — New Orleans Premiere Criminal Defense Attorney
Serving Clients in Orleans Parish, St. Tammany Parish, St. John Parish, St. James Parish, St. Bernard Parish, St. Charles Parish, Assumption Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Plaquemines Parish and Jefferson Parish.
Aggravated Assault with a Motor Vehicle Upon a Peace Officer — La RS 14:37.6
A. Aggravated assault with a motor vehicle upon a peace officer is an assault committed with a motor vehicle upon a peace officer acting in the course and scope of his duties.
B. For the purposes of this Section:
(1) “Motor vehicle” shall include any motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other means of conveyance.
(2) “Peace officer” shall have the same meaning as defined in R.S. 40:2402.
C. Whoever commits the crime of aggravated assault with a motor vehicle upon a peace officer shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both.