{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "120.10", "citation": "Penal Law § 120.10", "heading": "Assault in the first degree", "text": ["§ 120.10 Assault in the first degree.", "A person is guilty of assault in the first degree when:", "1. With intent to cause serious physical injury to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument; or", "2. With intent to disfigure another person seriously and permanently, or to destroy, amputate or disable permanently a member or organ of his body, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person; or", "3. Under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby causes serious physical injury to another person; or", "4. In the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempted commission of a felony or of immediate flight therefrom, he, or another participant if there be any, causes serious physical injury to a person other than one of the participants.", "Assault in the first degree is a class B felony."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/120.10", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "A person commits first-degree assault by:\n- **(1)** intending serious physical injury and **causing it to that person or another with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument**;\n- **(2)** intending serious permanent disfigurement or permanent destruction, amputation, or disabling of an organ or body member and **causing that injury**;\n- **(3)** recklessly **causing serious physical injury through depraved-indifference conduct creating a grave risk of death**; or\n- **(4)** during a felony, attempt, or immediate flight, having the person or another participant **cause serious physical injury to a nonparticipant**. ★\nIt is a **class B felony**.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/120.10", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}