Brown v. Brent

How courts have described this case

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• holding that transferred intent was not applicable when a student intended to strike a fellow student, but instead struck a school employee
• holding that transferred intent was not applicable when a student intended to strike a fellow student, but instead struck a school employee
• where defendant intended to hit a fellow student and not a school employee, the defendant could only be adjudicated of simple battery
• where statute enhancing severity of crime of battery when victim is school employee required knowledge that victim is school employee, defendant who intended to hit student but hit school employee could not be convicted of more serious offense

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