California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Birdwell, 253 Cal.App.2d 621, 61 Cal.Rptr. 536 (Cal. App. 1967):
'(I)ntent is rarely susceptible of direct proof and ordinarily must be inferred from a consideration of all the facts and circumstances shown in evidence.' (People v. Lyles (1957) 156 Cal.App.2d 482, 486, 319 P.2d 745, 747.)
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