California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Raymundo M. (In re Raymundo M.), 265 Cal.Rptr.3d 720, 52 Cal.App.5th 78 (Cal. App. 2020):
The crime of assault with a deadly weapon has two components: "(1) the assault, and (2) the means by which the assault is committed." ( People v. Smith (1997) 57 Cal.App.4th 1470, 1481, 67 Cal.Rptr.2d 604 ; 245 (a)(1) [defining the offense as "an assault upon the person of another with a deadly weapon or instrument other than a firearm"].)
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