An individual who works at a hospital is assaulted by a patient who stabs them in the cheek with a butter knife. What offense best fits?

• A. Assault 1
• B. Assault 2
• C. Assault 3
• D. Simple assault

Answer: (A)

The key idea here is how weapon use and actual injury affect the level of assault charged. Using a weapon to injure someone typically moves the offense into a higher, more serious category than simple assault.

In this scenario, a butter knife is used to stab a hospital worker, causing a wound. That combination—weapon use plus tangible injury—fits the most serious assault level among common classifications. Simple assault usually covers cases without a weapon or with little to no injury, while the other levels often involve less severities or different circumstances. Therefore, the best match is the highest-tier assault option because it accounts for both the weapon and the resulting injury.