Assault in the first degree
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A person is guilty of assault in the first degree when:
1. With intent to cause to another person, he causes such injury to such person or to a third person by means of a or a ; 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 engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby causes to another person; or
4. In the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempted commission of a or of immediate flight therefrom, he, or another participant if there be any, causes to a person other than one of the participants.
Assault in the first degree is a .
Simplified explanation
Assault in the first degree covers intentionally causing serious injury with a weapon, intentional disfigurement or disabling, depraved-indifference recklessness, and injury during a felony; it is a class B felony.