The Edgar Baxter

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that although kissing “implies a minimum use of force, [it] is sufficient for [assault consummated by a battery]”
• “kissing, even though it generally only implies a minimum use of force, is sufficient for the offense. See People v. James, 9 Cal.App.2d 162, 48 P.2d 1011, 1012 (1935).”
• whether kissing a child constitutes indecent assault depends upon surrounding circumstances
• whether kissing a child constitutes indecent assault depends upon surrounding circumstances
• kissing child can be indecent assault depending upon surrounding circumstances
• “‘[b]odily harm’ means any offensive touching”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).