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State of Kansas-K.S.A.
21-5412. Assault; aggravated assault; assault of a law enforcement officer; aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer. (a) Assault is knowingly placing another person in reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm (Kansas, 2016).

The punishment varies from 653 months for the maximum to 10 months for the minimum.  Depends on severity of crime (Kansas, 2016).

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What is the difference between assault and battery?

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21-5408. Kidnapping; aggravated kidnapping. (a) Kidnapping is the taking or confining of any person, accomplished by force, threat or deception, with the intent to hold such person:

(1) For ransom, or as a shield or hostage;

(2) to facilitate flight or the commission of any crime;

(3) to inflict bodily injury or to terrorize the victim or another; or

(4) to interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function.

(b) Aggravated kidnapping is kidnapping, as defined in subsection (a), when bodily harm is inflicted upon the person kidnapped.

(c) (1) Kidnapping is a severity level 3, person felony.

(2) Aggravated kidnapping is a severity level l, person felony.

21-5411. Criminal restraint. (a) Criminal restraint is knowingly and without legal authority restraining another person so as to interfere substantially with such person's liberty.

(b) Criminal restraint is a class A person misdemeanor.

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"Mayhem is the crime of maliciously injuring a person's body, especially to impair or destroy the victim's capacity for self-defense.  Modern statutes usually treat this as a form of forced battery or serious bodily injury under injury." (Unknown, 2016)

Does Not exist in the State of Kansas.

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21-5413. Battery; aggravated battery; battery against a law enforcement officer; aggravated battery against a law enforcement officer; battery against a school employee; battery against a mental health employee.

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21-5506. Indecent liberties with a child; aggravated indecent liberties with a child. (a) Indecent liberties with a child is engaging in any of the following acts with a child who is 14 or more years of age but less than 16 years of age:

(c) (1) Indecent liberties with a child is a severity level 5, person felony.

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Sentencing Statutes

Section 558.011, RSMo. Authorized terms of imprisonment including conditional release:
Felony Class A 10 to 30 years or life
Felony Class B 5 to 15 years
Felony Class C Not to exceed 7 years
Felony Class D Not to exceed 4 years

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In Kansas, a person commits the crime of rape by engaging in sexual intercourse (any penetration of a woman’s vagina) without the victim’s consent when:

the victim is overpowered by force or fear

the victim is physically helpless or unconscious, or

the victim lacks the ability to consent because of a mental condition or disorder or because of intoxication, if the defendant knows that the victim is intoxicated or the intoxication is apparent.

A person also commits the crime of rape by engaging in sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 14 or when a person of any age consents to sexual intercourse as a result of defendant’s fraudulent claim that the act is medically or legally necessary (Mince-Didier, 2016).

(Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 21-5501, 21-5503.)

Rape of a child by a person over the age of 18 is an off-grid person felony, punishable by life imprisonment and a fine of up to $500,000. Rape by fraud is a level 2 person felony, punishable by 109 to 493 months in prison and a fine of up to $300,000. Otherwise, rape is a level 1 person felony punishable by 147 to 653 months in prison and a fine of up to $300,000 (Mince-Didier, 2016).

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Beginning January 1, 2017--Rape in the first degree, penalties--suspended sentences not granted, when.

566.030. 1. A person commits the offense of rape in the first degree if he or she has sexual intercourse with another person who is incapacitated, incapable of consent, or lacks the capacity to consent, or by the use of forcible compulsion. Forcible compulsion includes the use of a substance administered without a victim's knowledge or consent which renders the victim physically or mentally impaired so as to be incapable of making an informed consent to sexual intercourse.

2. The offense of rape in the first degree or an attempt to commit rape in the first degree is a felony for which the authorized term of imprisonment is life imprisonment or a term of years not less than five years, unless:

(1) The offense is an aggravated sexual offense, in which case the authorized term of imprisonment is life imprisonment or a term of years not less than fifteen years;

(2) The person is a persistent or predatory sexual offender as defined in section 566.125 and subjected to an extended term of imprisonment under said section;

(3) The victim is a child less than twelve years of age, in which case the required term of imprisonment is life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole until the offender has served not less than thirty years of such sentence or unless the offender has reached the age of seventy-five years and has served at least fifteen years of such sentence, unless such rape in the first degree is described under subdivision (4) of this subsection; or

(4) The victim is a child less than twelve years of age and such rape in the first degree or attempt to commit rape in the first degree was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhumane, in that it involved torture or depravity of mind, in which case the required term of imprisonment is life imprisonment without eligibility for probation, parole or conditional release.

3. Subsection 4 of section 558.019 shall not apply to the sentence of a person who has been found guilty of rape in the first degree or attempt to commit rape in the first degree when the victim is less than twelve years of age, and "life imprisonment" shall mean imprisonment for the duration of a person's natural life for the purposes of this section.

4. No person found guilty of rape in the first degree or an attempt to commit rape in the first degree shall be granted a suspended imposition of sentence or suspended execution of sentence.

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Until December 31, 2016--Statutory rape and attempt to commit, first degree, penalties.

566.032. 1. A person commits the crime of statutory rape in the first degree if he has sexual intercourse with another person who is less than fourteen years old.

2. Statutory rape in the first degree or an attempt to commit statutory rape in the first degree is a felony for which the authorized term of imprisonment is life imprisonment or a term of years not less than five years, unless in the course thereof the actor inflicts serious physical injury on any person, displays a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument in a threatening manner, subjects the victim to sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with more than one person, or the victim is less than twelve years of age in which case the authorized term of imprisonment is life imprisonment or a term of years not less than ten years.

(L. 1994 S.B. 693, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1698, et al.)

Effective 6-05-06

*This section was amended by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17. Due to the delayed effective date, both versions of this section are printed here.

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Until December 31, 2016--Assault, first degree, penalty.

565.050. 1. A person commits the crime of assault in the first degree if he attempts to kill or knowingly causes or attempts to cause serious physical injury to another person.

2. Assault in the first degree is a class B felony unless in the course thereof the actor inflicts serious physical injury on the victim in which case it is a class A felony.

State of Missouri also has Assault in 2nd Degree, 3rd Degree, 4th Degree, and Domestic Assault in 1st Degree, 2nd Degree, and 3rd Degree.

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The States of Kansas and Missouri have quite a few differences in the way they handle person crimes.  Kansas has a very complicated sentencing grid and does not have as many degrees of assault that a person can be charged with.  Kansas seems to be more cut and dry with how someone is charged.  Missouri has a lot more options to charge someone such as first, second, third, and fourth degree assault.  When you break down the crime definitions between the states they are very similar in what they consider the crime is.  Sentencing in Missouri seems to be a little more straight forward.  Felonies are class A, B, C, D, etc while Kansas has severity levels and  class of felonies.

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Beginning January 1, 2017--Kidnapping, first degree, penalty.

565.110. 1. A person commits the offense of kidnapping in the first degree if he or she unlawfully removes another person without his or her consent from the place where he or she is found or unlawfully confines another person without his or her consent for a substantial period, for the purpose of:

(1) Holding that person for ransom or reward, or for any other act to be performed or not performed for the return or release of that person; or

(2) Using the person as a shield or as a hostage; or

(3) Interfering with the performance of any governmental or political function; or

(4) Facilitating the commission of any felony or flight thereafter; or

(5) Inflicting physical injury on or terrorizing the victim or another.

2. The offense of kidnapping in the first degree is a class A felony unless committed under subdivision (4) or (5) of subsection 1 of this section in which cases it is a class B felony.

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Until December 31, 2016--False imprisonment.

565.130. 1. A person commits the crime of false imprisonment if he knowingly restrains another unlawfully and without consent so as to interfere substantially with his liberty.

2. False imprisonment is a class A misdemeanor unless the person unlawfully restrained is removed from this state, in which case it is a class D felony.

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References

Kansas. (2016). 2012 Statute. Retrieved from  Assault:  http://kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/statute/021_000_0000_chapter/021_054_0000_article/021_054_0012_section/021_054_0012_k/

Kansas. (2016). Sentencing Range-Nondrug  Offenses. Retrieved from Kansas.gov:  http://sentencing.ks.gov/docs/default-source/2014-forms/2014_nondrug_grid.pdf?sfvrsn=0

Kansas. (2016). Sex Offenses. Retrieved from  Kansas Legislature:  http://kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/statute/021_000_0000_chapter/021_054_0000_article/

Mince-Didier, A. (2016). Kansas Sexual Battery  Laws. Retrieved from Criminal Defense Lawyer:  http://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/sex-crimes/kansas-sexual-battery-laws.htm

Missouri. (2016). Missouri Revised Statutes .  Retrieved from State of Missouri: http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes

Unknown. (2016). Kidnapping-v-False Imprisonment.  Retrieved from USLegal.com:  http://kidnapping.uslegal.com/kidnapping-v-false-imprisonment/

Unknown. (2016). Mayhem Law & Legal Definition.  Retrieved from USLegal.com: http://definitions.uslegal.com/m/mayhem/

Unknown. (2016, April). Rape. Retrieved from  USLegal: http://search.uslegal.com/?q=rape

Unknown. (2016). Statutory Rape. Retrieved  from USLegal.com: http://rape.uslegal.com/statutory-rape/