Opinion ID: 2049680
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: application to johnson and ring

Text: A. People v Johnson The instruction given by the trial court informed the jury of the elements of felonious assault in two ways. First the pertinent parts of the statute were read to the jury: [T]he statute from which the information is drawn, so far as the same [is] material provides as follows: any person who shall assault another with a gun, revolver, pistol, knife, iron bar, club, brass knuckles or other dangerous weapon but without intending to commit the crime of murder and without intending to commit great bodily harm less than murder shall be deemed guilty of a felony. Second, the jury was also told: If you are satisfied from the testimony that Mr. Johnson committed an intentional assault with a revolver which is a dangerous weapon. We find this instruction was sufficient to apprise the jury of the elements necessary for felonious assault, i.e., one, an assault; two, with a dangerous weapon. B. People v Ring The instruction that the trial court had agreed to give is in error. It requires an intent to do bodily injury as a mandatory element of felonious assault. A specific intent is not an element of felonious assault. The prosecution need only show the general criminal intent to commit an unlawful act necessary for simple assault.