Aggravated Assault Under N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(3)

Count of the indictment charges defendant with aggravated assault in that he/she allegedly

(Read appropriate count of Indictment)

is accused of violating a section of our law that reads as follows:

A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he/[she] recklessly causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.

To find the defendant guilty of recklessly causing bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the following elements:

1. that the defendant caused bodily injury to another; and

2. that the defendant caused the bodily injury by use of a deadly weapon; and

3. that the defendant acted recklessly.