Legal Opinion

People v. Aznavoleh

California Court of Appeal

Decided November 6, 2012No. B231434PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

PERREN, J.

Assault with a deadly weapon requires proof of an intentional act committed with knowledge of facts that would lead a reasonable person to realize that physical force would be applied to another as a direct and probable consequence of that act. (People v. Williams (2001) 26 Cal.4th 779, 782 [111 Cal.Rptr.2d 114, 29 P.3d 197] (Williams).) There is no requirement that the actor intend or be subjectively aware of the prospect of such a consequence. (Ibid.) The primary issue in this case is whether a driver who deliberately races through a red light at a busy intersection and…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  3. Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  4. People v. BolinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  5. People v. ZamudioCalifornia Supreme Court · 2008

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. People v. PerezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2018
  2. People v. Bipialaka, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2019
  3. G-G-SBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2014
  4. United States v. Jimenez-ArzateCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
  5. People v. Marsh, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2019

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