{
 "citation": "14:38",
 "heading": "Simple assault",
 "doc_id": "78491",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78491",
 "classification": "M",
 "enacted_year": "1978",
 "last_amended_year": "2014",
 "penalties": [
  {
   "subsection": "B",
   "text": "Whoever commits a simple assault shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "90D",
   "hard_labor": "",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  }
 ],
 "referenced_statutes": [],
 "text": "RS 14:38\n\n\u00a738. Simple assault\n\nA. Simple assault is an assault committed without a dangerous weapon.\n\nB. Whoever commits a simple assault shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.\n\nActs 1978, No. 394, \u00a71; Acts 2014, No. 791, \u00a77."
}