Is assault with a deadly weapon a general intent crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Velez, 175 Cal.App.3d 785, 221 Cal.Rptr. 631 (Cal. App. 1985):
Assault with a deadly weapon is a general intent crime. (People v. Rocha (1971) 3 Cal.3d 893, 898-899, 92 Cal.Rptr. 172, 479 P.2d 372.) In ordinary circumstances, in order to commit the crime of assault with a deadly weapon a defendant must have the general intent willfully to commit an act the direct, natural and probable consequences of which if successfully completed would be injury to another. (Id., at p. 899, 92 Cal.Rptr. 172, 479 P.2d 372.)
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