how is simple assault and aggrevated assault charged for an adult?

Question

if someone is making threats toward you such that you think they are going to fight you and you approache them to talk about it like adults and they get right in your face almost touching you and then put their hand in your face and your instant reaction is to hit him as a form of defending yourselfand cause life threatning injuries to that person what is that called

Answer 1

depends on who the police believe. If they believe you, it was self-defense. If they believe the aggressor, it was unnecessary force, or battery.

Answer 2

You threw the first punch whether the threat was there or not two wrongs don't make a right. If there are injuries the police will charge you because of the fact you threw the first punch, then there is something called reasonable force, again to throw a punch like that your screwed. Now life threatening injuries is another matter it would be aggravated assualt, then again it could be termed as aggravated assualt with intent, if the person dies then it will be murder. The biggest question the law will try to answer would be the intent on your behalf. If the intent to injure is there you would be charged. Never throw the first punch. See in the pass I've been charged I defended myself against I knife weilding idiot put him in the hospital and I was charged with aggravated assualt but was found not guilty because it was deemed self-defense.