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PEOPLE v. ROCHA

Docket No. Crim. 14867.

3 Cal.3d 893 (1971)

479 P.2d 372

92 Cal. Rptr. 172

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JESS GOMEZ ROCHA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Neil A. Helding, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Charles P. Just, Joel S. Primes and Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

The principal question raised by this appeal is whether a violation of Penal Code section 245, subdivision (a) (assault with a deadly weapon) is a crime requiring proof of general or specific intent. In holding that only a general criminal intent must be demonstrated, we hopefully eliminate the confusion on this issue which has developed throughout the courts of this...

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