dennis2146 wrote:
And you would lose. At least one state, California, defines assault as: An assault is an unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another.
In the case of the district attorney pointing the rifle at the jury, the rifle was not loaded so there was no present ability to commit the crime.
Dennis
That might be. Then I'd sue him in civil court for mental anguish and terrorizing acts against another citizen.