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SECTION 120.09

Assault on a judge

Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE H, ARTICLE 120

§ 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.