Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.10 — Assault in the first degree
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.10
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- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
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- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 120.10 Assault in the first degree.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.10 — Assault in the first degree is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 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.