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.
Thereâs a big, big difference between a misdemeanor Aggravated Assault with a maximum penalty of up to 1 year in Jail and a felony Assault With Intent to do Great Bodily Harm Less Than Murder with a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in State Prison.