Cite as: 21 CNCA § 650

A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any aggravated assault and battery upon the person of a marshal, police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff or highway patrolman, corrections personnel as defined in 21 CNCA § 649, or any state, federal or Nation peace officer employed by any Nation governmental agency to enforce Nation laws, while said officer is in the performance of his duties, shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a felony, which shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years or by a fine not exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. This section shall not supersede any other act or acts, but shall be cumulative thereto.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990. Amended LA 28-20, eff. December 14, 2020.