VIRGINIA MALICIOUS WOUNDING DEFENSE ATTORNEYS 

DEFENDING MALICIOUS WOUNDING & UNLAWFUL WOUNDING CHARGES IN VIRGINIA 

In Virginia, it is illegal for any person to maliciously shoot, stab, cut, or wound any person or by any means cause him bodily injury, with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable, or kill. These are extremely serious offenses that carry life changing consequences. The Virginia law offices of SRIS, P.C. have a number of excellent Virginia malicious wounding defense lawyers in its offices in Fairfax, Lynchburg, Manassas, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Virginia. For more information or to make an appointment with SRIS, P.C., please call, send an e-mail or complete the on-line form.

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The following are some of the different types of Virginia wounding charges one could face in the Commonwealth of Virginia:

• Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc.
• Malicious bodily injury to law-enforcement officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical service providers
• Aggravated malicious wounding; penalty
• Prohibition against reckless endangerment of others by throwing objects from places higher than one story; penalty

Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc. (top)

If any person maliciously shoot, stab, cut, or wound any person or by any means cause him bodily injury, with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable, or kill, he shall, except where it is otherwise provided, be guilty of a Class 3 felony. If such act be done unlawfully but not maliciously, with the intent aforesaid, the offender shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

VA Code § 18.2-51.1. Malicious bodily injury to law-enforcement officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical service providers; penalty; lesser-included offense (top)

If any person maliciously causes bodily injury to another by any means including the means set out in§ 18.2-52, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill, and knowing or having reason to know that such other person is a law-enforcement officer, as defined hereinafter, firefighter, as defined in§ 65.2-102, search and rescue personnel as defined hereinafter, or emergency medical services personnel, as defined in§ 32.1-111.1 engaged in the performance of his public duties as a law-enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel, such person shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than five years nor more than 30 years and, subject to subsection(g) of § 18.2-10,a fine of not more than $100,000. Upon conviction, the sentence of such person shall include a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of two years.

If any person unlawfully, but not maliciously, with the intent aforesaid, causes bodily injury to another by any means, knowing or having reason to know such other person is a law-enforcement officer, firefighter, as defined in§ 65.2-102, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel, engaged in the performance of his public duties as a law-enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony, and upon conviction, the sentence of such person shall include a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the right of any person charged with a violation of this section from asserting and presenting evidence in support of any defenses to the charge that may be available under common law.

As used in this section, "law-enforcement officer" means any full-time or part-time employee of a police department or sheriff's office that is part of or administered by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, who is responsible for the prevention or detection of crime and the enforcement of the penal, traffic or highway laws of this Commonwealth; any conservation officer of the Department of Conservation and Recreation commissioned pursuant to§ 10.1-115; any game warden appointed pursuant to§ 29.1-200 and auxiliary police officers appointed or provided for pursuant to§§ 15.2-1731 and 15.2-1733 and auxiliary deputy sheriffs appointed pursuant to§ 15.2- 1603.

As used in this section, "search and rescue personnel" means any employee or member of a search and rescue organization that is authorized by a resolution or ordinance duly adopted by the governing body of any county, city or town of the Commonwealth.

The provisions of§ 18.2-51 shall be deemed to provide a lesser-included offense hereof.

VA Code § 18.2-51.2. Aggravated malicious wounding; penalty (top)

A. If any person maliciously shoots, stabs, cuts or wounds any other person, or by any means causes bodily injury, with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony if the victim is thereby severely injured and is caused to suffer permanent and significant physical impairment.

B. If any person maliciously shoots, stabs, cuts or wounds any other woman who is pregnant, or by any other means causes bodily injury, with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill the pregnant woman or to cause the involuntary termination of her pregnancy, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony if the victim is thereby severely injured and is caused to suffer permanent and significant physical impairment.

C. For purposes of this section, the involuntary termination of a woman's pregnancy shall be deemed a severe injury and a permanent and significant physical impairment.

VA Code § 18.2-51.3. Prohibition against reckless endangerment of others by throwing objects from places higher than one story; penalty (top)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, with the intent to cause injury to another, to intentionally throw from a balcony, roof top, or other place more than one story above ground level any object capable of causing any such injury.

B. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony.

The Virginia attorneys and Law Offices of SRIS, P.C., is located in Fairfax, Lynchburg, Manassas, Richmond, and Virginia Beach but our sphere of activity is statewide. Our Virginia criminal defense attorneys and staff speak various languages, including English, Tamil, Spanish, French, Arabic, Hindi, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Telugu.

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