{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s117","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f117.","heading":"Domestic assault by an habitual offender","text":"\u00a7\u202f117.\nDomestic assault by an habitual offender\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nAny person who commits a domestic assault within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or Indian country and who has a final conviction on at least 2 separate prior occasions in Federal, State, or Indian tribal court proceedings for offenses that would be, if subject to Federal jurisdiction\u2014\n(1) any assault, sexual abuse, or serious violent felony against a spouse or intimate partner, or against a child of or in the care of the person committing the domestic assault; or\n(2) an offense under chapter 110A,\nshall be fined under this title, imprisoned for a term of not more than 5 years, or both, except that if substantial bodily injury results from violation under this section, the offender shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than 10 years.\n(b)\nDomestic Assault Defined.\u2014\nIn this section, the term \u201cdomestic assault\u201d means an assault committed by a current or former spouse, parent, child, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, parent, child, or guardian, or by a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, child, or guardian of the victim.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s117.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s117","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f117."},{"t":"heading","text":"Domestic assault by an habitual offender"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s117/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Any person who commits a domestic assault within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or Indian country and who has a final conviction on at least 2 separate prior occasions in Federal, State, or Indian tribal court proceedings for offenses that would be, if subject to Federal jurisdiction\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s117/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" any assault, sexual abuse, or serious violent felony against a spouse or intimate partner, or against a child of or in the care of the person committing the domestic assault; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s117/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" an offense under chapter 110A,","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for a term of not more than 5 years, or both, except that if substantial bodily injury results from violation under this section, the offender shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than 10 years.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s117/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Domestic Assault Defined.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"In this section, the term \u201cdomestic assault\u201d means an assault committed by a current or former spouse, parent, child, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, parent, child, or guardian, or by a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, child, or guardian of the victim.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}