Penal Law § 120.09
Assault on a Judge

Published: 2024-07-26

§ 120.09 Assault on a judge.

A person is guilty of assault on a judge when, with intent to prevent a judge from performing official judicial duties, such person causes serious physical injury to such judge. For the purposes of this section, the term judge shall mean a judge of a court of record or a justice court.

Assault on a judge is a class C felony.