 Use of a Deadly Weapon
Standard Jury Instruction Instruction: The Court
instructs the jury that the term "deadly weapon" means an instrument
that is designed to be used to produce serious bodily injury or death,
or is readily adaptable to such use.
Proposed Jury Instruction: Intent to kill [or intent
to cause grievous bodily harm] can be inferred from a person’s
use of a deadly weapon under circumstances where you believe that person
had no excuse, justification or provocation for [his] [her] use of the
weapon.
A deadly weapon means an instrument or object that is designed to be used, or is readily adaptable for use, to produce serious bodily injury or death.
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