Commonwealth v. Vaughn

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that “striking at” or “even holding up one’s fist” at another “in a threatening or insulting manner” constitutes assault
• explaining the intent required under Section 18.2-51 is “the specific intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill the victim of the attack”
• “[T]he [jury’s] ability to reject evidence does not supply the affirmative evidence necessary to support a jury instruction.”
• “If this evidence alone was sufficient to support the lesser-included assault and battery instruction, such instruction would be required in every malicious or unlawful wounding case because every such case must include these underlying elements.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).