{"id":709,"date":"2012-08-03T18:23:43","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T18:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?page_id=709"},"modified":"2012-09-05T17:51:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T17:51:02","slug":"simple-assault-on-a-police-officer-sapo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?page_id=709","title":{"rendered":"Simple Assault on a Police Officer (SAPO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>CR22-221.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS22-221.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Attempted to Cause Bodily Injury<\/a>, 13 V.S.A. \u00a7\u00a7 1023(a)(1), 1028 (03\/23\/07)<\/li>\n<li>CR22-231.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS22-231.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Caused Bodily Injury<\/a>, 13 V.S.A. \u00a7\u00a7 1023(a)(1), 1028 (09\/16\/05)<\/li>\n<li>CR22-236.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS22-236.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Negligence with a Deadly Weapon<\/a>, 13 V.S.A. \u00a7\u00a7 1023(a)(2), 1028 (09\/16\/05)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">CR22-241.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtjuryinstructions.org\/criminal\/MS22-241.htm\" target=\"_blank\">By Physical Menace<\/a>, 13 V.S.A. \u00a7\u00a7 1023(a)(3), 1028 (09\/16\/05)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Reporter&#8217;s Note<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is an essential element of constructive knowledge, which is satisfied if the defendant knew or should have known that the victim was a law enforcement officer.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">State v. Roy<\/span>, 151 Vt. 17, 22 (1989); <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">State v. Galvin<\/span>, 147 Vt. 215 (1986); <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">State v. Peters<\/span>, 141 Vt. 341, 348 (1982).\u00a0 The term \u201claw enforcement officer\u201d is defined in V.R.Cr.P. 54(c)(6).\u00a0 The element of performing a lawful duty is discussed in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">State v. Hart<\/span>, 149 Vt. 104 (1987); and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">State v. Desjardins<\/span>, 142 Vt. 255, 258 (1982).\u00a0 Excessive force is discussed in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Peters<\/span>, 141 Vt. at 347.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CR22-221.\u00a0 Attempted to Cause Bodily Injury, 13 V.S.A. \u00a7\u00a7 1023(a)(1), 1028 (03\/23\/07) CR22-231.\u00a0 Caused Bodily Injury, 13 V.S.A. \u00a7\u00a7 1023(a)(1), 1028 (09\/16\/05) CR22-236.\u00a0 Negligence with a Deadly Weapon, 13 V.S.A. \u00a7\u00a7 1023(a)(2), 1028 (09\/16\/05) CR22-241.\u00a0 By Physical Menace, 13 V.S.A. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/?page_id=709\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":434,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-709","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":942,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/709\/revisions\/942"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vtjuryinstructions.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}