As touched upon above, one of the major difference between the different degrees of aggravated assault offenses is the type of injury suffered. Here is a breakdown of the three different types of injuries, bodily injury, significantly injury and serious bodily injury.
- Bodily injury has been defined by the courts as causing “physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition”;
- Significant bodily injury has been defined by the courts as causing bodily injury which creates a temporary loss of the function of any bodily member or organ or temporary loss of any one of the five senses.
- Serious bodily injury has been defined by the courts as causing a substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.