People v. Focht

Defendant, Eugene E. Focht, was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, in violation of 1967 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 40-7-54. He contends here that (1) the evidence was insufficient to prove specific intent to do great bodily injury, and (2) that the instruction on reasonable doubt contained an improper standard. We disagree and affirm.

I

We deal first with defendant’s claim that the evidence is insufficient to prove specific intent to do great bodily harm. That such an intent may be supplied by inferences drawn from the circumstances of the case is established in law…