Description of Circumstantial Ad Hominem. A Circumstantial ad Hominem is a fallacy in which one attempts to attack a claim by asserting that the person making the claim is making it simply out of self interest.
Report Abuse. Depends. One charge, simple assault, can be up to one year jail if first offense.Can also be probation on top of that, community service, diversion classes ($), fines, even restitution to victim and civil suit.
Penalties and Sentences. Simple assault is a second degree misdemeanor unless the offense occurs during a scuffle in which both parties mutually consented to entering. In this case, it is a third degree misdemeanor, carrying a penalty of up to one year in prison. If it is against a child under the age of 12 by an adult over the age of 21, the charge will be a first degree misdemeanor, carrying a penalty of up to five years in prison.