Honest legal question: If I am a male, weighing in at 150 lbs, and I get into

Jul 6, 2015
4:29:22pm

boogers

verbal altercation with another male weighing 250 lbs, and I punch the bigger guy and he reflexively punches me back, can I press charges against him for battery? Will he be convicted?

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Honest legal question: If I am a male, weighing in at 150 lbs, and I get into

boogers

7/6/15 4:29pm

Depends. Is the follow-up question going to be sexist?

SuperTank

7/6/15 4:30pm

No, no. I got into a scrap with a big poly in the RB as when I was in college.

boogers

7/6/15 4:31pm

if you didn't do anything physically to warrant the punch first, you should be

fattycoug

7/6/15 4:32pm

Actually, that's kind of what happened...he was pushing me during a bball game

boogers

7/6/15 4:37pm

Physical play during a bball game doesn't warrant you throwing a punch.

OceanMang

7/6/15 4:54pm

But he was obvioulsy bigger and more powerful than me. Even my best shot would`

boogers

7/6/15 4:58pm

You being an inferior wimp is not an excuse.

OceanMang

7/6/15 6:32pm

Eggshell skull rule in reverse.

Oregano

7/6/15 7:27pm

I would think that it is self defense on the part of the big guy.

Ycrazy

7/6/15 4:33pm

It might be self defense on his part

donnerstag

7/6/15 4:38pm

I've never seen a weight-similarity requirement in criminal law. "Before I punch

giftedfish

7/6/15 4:42pm

You don't press charges against anyone. You can report it to law enforcement

cracka

7/6/15 5:32pm

So...

boogers

7/6/15 5:53pm

I'd never hit a girl even if she was hefty.

ClackamasCoug

7/6/15 5:54pm

Only he gets in trouble and you don't because you can't punch as hard as he can

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