Punched a public servant as in a police officer firefighter or EMT or punched a person and it caused great bodily injury.

Is punching someone in the face assault. For aggravated assault the typical elements are. Felony assault or battery also referred to in some states as aggravated assault or battery involves circumstances that make the crime more serious as when the victim is threatened with or experiences significant violence amounting to substantially more than a minor slap across the face or a punch in the jaw. See the graphic above to find out where this sits on the scale of severity across all types of assault offences.

He was convicted of assault. As others have stated no you dont. You do not have the legal right to punch someone just because you are pushed.

188 The accused encouraged his dog to attack two boys whom he considered to be trespassing in his garden. On the other hand a person walking down the street that is suddenly randomly struck in the face is a victim of assault and the assailant would be criminally charged. For example throwing an object at someone punching or scratching people without their consent is a crime and can have legal consequences.

For example getting in someones fact can be considered assault if the assaulter is being aggressive and doing things like screaming spitting or threatening to hit the other person with an object that they are holding eg bat beer bottle fist etc. He picks up a chair and hits Hamlet in the face with it. The conviction was upheld on appeal.

When your punch actually lands on someone thats a battery. In both of the above scenarios the battery is. But even once weve pinned down the basic terms of what an assault is there are still different types of assault in Canada that have different weights in the eyes of the law.

Kay v Allan 1978 SCCR Supp. Only a Little Force. You could face criminal prosecution and provokation will not make you less guilty of committing the act even if it might go some way to reducing your sentence.