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Old 10-28-2010, 12:07 PM   #213
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Originally Posted by BigCat View Post
I'm a little removed from 1st year criminal law at this point, but I don't think that's correct. As far as I recall, if there is a battery, the assault merges into it. Sort of like an attempted murder charge merges into the murder if you commit one. One does not get charged for both attempted murder and murder of the same person.
For criminal, you are correct, for common law torts, you can have both, which was what I was trying to say. Of course, when typing on my phone, I don't always format the best.
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