California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Rodriguez, D056481, No. RIF125410 (Cal. App. 2011):
The defendant's state of mind at the time of an offense "is rarely susceptible of direct proof and usually must be inferred from the facts and circumstances surrounding the offense" (People v. Pre (2004) 117 Cal.App.4th 413, 420) or from other
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