State of Minnesota v. Alie Christine Theodore Dorn

OPINION

KIRK, Judge.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency' of the evidence to support her conviction of first-degree assault, arguing that she did not commit assault-harm because she did not intend to inflict bodily harm when she pushed the-complainant twice and he fell into a nearby fire. She also argues that her pushing did not constitute an -assault because it did not inflict bodily harm. Because pushing is a volitional act and when committed in a hostile and forceful manner, is an assault, regardless of whether harm was intended, and appellant’s pushes were a. substantial factor in causing…