New Jersey S488 upgrades the offense of assault when the victim is disabled.
New Jersey S488 amends the state's assault laws to increase penalties for assaults on victims who are disabled. The bill defines a "person with a disability" as someone substantially incapable of exercising normal physical or mental power of resistance due to a pre-existing medically determinable physical or mental impairment. The bill specifies that causing bodily injury to such a person is a crime of the third degree, punishable by a mandatory three-year imprisonment term.
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