Penal Law § 120.09 · Article 120. Assault and Related Offenses
Assault on a judge
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§ 120.09 Assault on a judge.
A person is guilty of assault on a judge when, with intent to prevent a judge from performing official judicial duties, such person causes serious physical injury to such judge. For the purposes of this section, the term judge shall mean a judge of a court of record or a justice court.
Assault on a judge is a class C felony.
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