What is the test for determining whether a person has intent to injure another person?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Kopp, 250 Cal.Rptr.3d 852, 38 Cal.App.5th 47 (Cal. App. 2019):
As to the second prong, " "[i]ntent is rarely susceptible of direct proof and usually must be inferred from the facts and circumstances surrounding the offense." " ( People v. Franklin (2016) 248 Cal.App.4th 938, 949, 203 Cal.Rptr.3d 876 ; accord, People v. Rios , supra , 222 Cal.App.4th at pp. 567-568, 165 Cal.Rptr.3d 687.) "For this reason, we routinely draw inferences about intent from the predictable results of action. " (
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