Gang assault in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 120.07 Gang assault in the first degree.
A person is guilty of gang assault in the first degree when, with intent to cause serious physical injury to another person and when aided by two or more other persons actually present, he causes serious physical injury to such person or to a third person.
Gang assault in the first degree is a class B felony.
A person commits first-degree gang assault by intending serious physical injury and, while aided by 2 or more other people actually present, causing serious physical injury to the intended person or someone else. ★ It is a class B felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.