La. Stat. tit. 14 § 36 : REVISED STATUTES — CRIMINAL LAW — CRIMINAL CODE — OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON — ASSAULT AND BATTERY (WITH RELATED OFFENSES) — Assault defined TEXT PDF Assault is an attempt to commit a battery, or the intentional placing of another in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery. La. R.S. § 14:36 Acts 1978, No. 394, §1.