Is there such a charge as ‘attemped assualt’? Got him dead to right on that one.
OK...first off, I’m not a lawyer.
But to clear the air, there is a distinction between assault and battery. Some states just use “assault” as the catch-all for the crime. In a legal sense, the “assault” is the verbal/non-verbal threat made by one person against the other. The physical action of the treat is considered “battery”.
Most statutes use the term “assault” for both acts. So in the truest sense if the person were to make threats against another, picks up a baseball bat, but does not hit the other person. He would be “technically” guilty of assault, but not battery.
In most cases he could be charged with “Attempted Assault”.