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.
A general aggravated assault charge is a felony 2 and carries up to 10 years in prison. If you act with extreme indifference to human life, it could be charged as a felony 1 and carry as much as 20 years.