AGGRAVATED ASSAULT-Bodily Injury with weapon (purposely)

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT - BODILY INJURY WITH DEADLY WEAPON(PURPOSELY OR KNOWINGLY) Model jury charge(N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1b(2))

Count _____ of the indictment charges defendant with aggravated assault in that he/she allegedly

(Read appropriate count of Indictment)

Defendant is accused of violating a section of our law that reads as follows:

A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he attempts to cause or purposely or knowingly causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.

Under this statute, the defendant can be found guilty if he/she EITHER caused bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon OR attempted to cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.

To find the defendant guilty of causing bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the following elements:

1. that the defendant caused bodily injury to another; and

2. that the defendant caused the bodily injury by use of a deadly weapon; and

3. that the defendant acted purposely or knowingly.

The first element that the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt is that defendant caused bodily injury to another.

Bodily injury is defined as physical pain, illness, or any impairment of the physical

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