Aggaverage Malicious Wounding is a class 2 felony if which condition is true?

Aggaverage Malicious Wounding is a class 2 felony if which condition is true?

• A. The victim suffers no permanent injury.
• B. The victim suffers permanent and significant physical impairment, or the pregnancy is terminated as a result.
• C. The offender is under 18.
• D. The wound is self-inflicted.

Answer: (B)

Aggravated malicious wounding becomes a Class 2 felony when the harm to the victim is especially severe. The specific conditions that elevate the offense are: the victim suffers permanent and significant physical impairment, or the pregnancy is terminated as a result of the wounding. If these grave outcomes occur, the charge is upgraded; otherwise it does not reach Class 2. Age of the offender, or the wound being self-inflicted, do not by themselves change the felony level, and a wound that does not cause permanent impairment does not meet the aggravating factor.

Aggravated malicious wounding becomes a Class 2 felony when the harm to the victim is especially severe. The specific conditions that elevate the offense are: the victim suffers permanent and significant physical impairment, or the pregnancy is terminated as a result of the wounding. If these grave outcomes occur, the charge is upgraded; otherwise it does not reach Class 2. Age of the offender, or the wound being self-inflicted, do not by themselves change the felony level, and a wound that does not cause permanent impairment does not meet the aggravating factor.