(a) Assault. No person shall unlawfully attempt to commit a violent injury to the person of another or unlawfully commit an act which places another in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury.
(b) Battery. No person shall unlawfully and intentionally make physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with the person of another or unlawfully and intentionally cause physical harm to another person.
(W.Va. Code § 61-2-9)