What is the test for criminal intent?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Weathers, F072915 (Cal. App. 2018):
the intent with which same is employed.' [Citation.] Because the offensive or dangerous character of the defendant's conduct, by virtue of its nature, contemplates such injury, a general criminal intent to commit the act suffices to establish the requisite mental state. [Citations.]" (People v. Colantuono, supra, 7 Cal.4th 206, 214-215.)
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