(1) An "assault" is an intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with an apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in such other person that such violence is imminent.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person who assaults another person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
775.082 or s.
775.083.
(3) A person who assaults another person in furtherance of a riot or an aggravated riot prohibited under s.
870.01 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
775.082 or s.
775.083.
Fla. Stat. § 784.011
Amended by 2021 Fla. Laws, ch. 6,s 4, eff. 4/19/2021.
s. 5, 2/10/1832; RS 2400; GS 3226; RGS 5059; CGL 7161; s. 1, ch. 70-88; s.729, -136; s. 17, ch. 74-383; s. 7, ch. 75-298; s. 171, ch. 91-224.