Billy Ray sneaks up behind Jenny Sue and grabs her by the shoulders and shakes her. Jenny Sue is startled and screams but is oth

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Billy Ray sneaks up behind Jenny Sue and grabs her by the shoulders and shakes her. Jenny Sue is startled and screams but is oth

erwise uninjured. She feels harassed and embarrassed by the incident. Billy Ray feels bad, apologizes to Jenny Sue, and runs away. Billy Ray has committed

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Vikki [24] · Answer 1 · 2023-10-07T09:23:29+03:00

In this case, Billy Ray has committed battery despite that he apologizes and Jenny was uninjured.

<h3>What is a battery?</h3>

This refers to a physical act that resulted to a harmful or offensive contact with another person without the person consent.

However in this case, because he grabs Jenny by the shoulders and shakes her which caused her to is startled and screams, then, he has committed battery in law.