California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Blackshire, C079730 (Cal. App. 2017):
"Intent is a state of mind. A defendant's state of mind must, in the absence of the defendant's own statements, be established by the circumstances surrounding the commission of the offense." (People v. Mincey (1992) 2 Cal.4th 408, 433.)
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