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RCW 9A.36

9A.36.011

Assault in the first degree.

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The complete and official text of the statute.
(1) A person is guilty of assault in the first degree if he or she, with intent to inflict great bodily harm:
   (a) Assaults another with a firearm or any deadly weapon or by any force or means likely to produce great bodily harm or death; or
   (b) Administers, exposes, or transmits to or causes to be taken by another, poison, the human immunodeficiency virus as defined in chapter 70.24 RCW, or any other destructive or noxious substance; or
   (c) Assaults another and inflicts great bodily harm.
(2) Assault in the first degree is a class A felony.
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