Sponsored by:
Senator JON M. BRAMNICK
District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)
Senator VINCENT J. POLISTINA
District 2 (Atlantic)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes third degree crime of gang assault.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning assault and supplementing chapter 12 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Gang assault. A person is guilty of a crime of the third degree when, with intent to cause bodily injury to another person and when aided by two or more other persons actually present, he causes bodily injury to such person or to a third person.
"Bodily injury" shall have the meaning set forth in N.J.S.2C:11-1.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill establishes the crime of gang assault. A person commits gang assault, a crime of the third degree, when with intent to cause bodily injury to another person and when aided by two or more other persons actually present, he causes bodily injury to such person or to a third person. Under the bill, bodily injury means physical pain, illness or any impairment of physical condition. A crime of the third degree is punishable by a term of three to five years imprisonment, a fine of up to $15,000, or both.
This bill is modeled after New York Consolidated Laws, Penal Law - PEN 120.06.