State v. Takacs

Defendant Lynn Alexander Takacs was charged and convicted of the crime of assault in the second degree, RCW 9A.36.020(l)(b). The sole assignment of error concerns the trial court's giving of the following instruction:

To convict the defendant of the crime of assault in the second degree, each of the following elements of the crime must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt:(1) That on or about the 1st day of March, 1980,(2) The defendant knowingly inflicted grievous bodily harm upon [the victim] without a weapon; and(3) That the acts occurred in King County, Washington.

If you find from the…