California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hudson, B278709 (Cal. App. 2017):
To prove the offense of assault with a deadly weapon under section 245, subdivision (a)(2), the prosecution was required to prove that Hudson: (1) did an act with a deadly weapon that by its nature would directly and probably result in the application of force to a person; (2) he did the act willfully; (3) when he acted, he was aware of facts that would lead a reasonable person to realize that his act by its nature would result in the application of force to someone; and (4) when he acted, he had the present ability to apply force with a deadly weapon. (People v. Golde (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 101, 120-121.)
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