Assault with a Deadly Weapon

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must prove that:

☐  1. The defendant did an act with (a deadly weapon/a
firearm/a semiautomatic firearm/a machine gun/an assault
weapon/a .50 BMG rifle) that by its nature would directly
and probably result in the application of force to a
person;]

☐  1A. The defendant did an act that by its nature would
directly and probably result in the application of force to
a person, and

☐  1B. The for0ce used was likely to produce great bodily injury;]

☐  2. The defendant did that act willfully;

☐  3. When the defendant acted, (he/she) was aware of facts
that would lead a reasonable person to realize that (his/
her) act by its nature would directly and probably result
in the application of force to someone;

[AND]

☐  4. When the defendant acted, (he/she) had the present ability
to apply force (likely to produce great bodily injury/with a
deadly weapon/with a firearm/with a semiautomatic
firearm/with a machine gun/with an assault weapon/with a
.50 BMG rifle) to a person(;/.)

AND

☐  5. The defendant did not act (in self-defense/ [or] in defense
of someone else).]