(a) A person commits aggravated assault on a family or household member if, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, the person purposely:
(1) Engages in conduct that creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to a family or household member;
(2) Displays a firearm in a manner that creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to a family or household member; or
(3) Impedes or prevents the respiration of a family or household member or the circulation of a family or household member's blood by applying pressure on the chest, throat, or neck or by blocking the nose or mouth of the family or household member.
(b) Aggravated assault on a family or household member is a Class D felony.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 3 - Offenses Involving Families, Dependents, Etc.
Chapter 26 - Offenses Involving the Family
Subchapter 3 - Domestic Battering and Assault
§ 5-26-301. Legislative intent
§ 5-26-303. Domestic battering in the first degree
§ 5-26-304. Domestic battering in the second degree
§ 5-26-305. Domestic battering in the third degree
§ 5-26-306. Aggravated assault on a family or household member
§ 5-26-307. First degree assault on family or household member
§ 5-26-308. Second degree assault on family or household member
§ 5-26-309. Third degree assault on a family or household member
§ 5-26-311. Residential confinement in home of victim prohibited
§ 5-26-312. Determination of pregnancy
§ 5-26-314. Unlawful distribution of sexual images or recordings