Rayne v. Taylor

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• requiring some evidence the intoxication was of such severity as to render appellant incapable of forming the necessary intent, as opposed to “evidence of mere intoxication”
• indecent assault includes both a general intent assault element and a specific intent element to satisfy the lust or sexual desires of the accused
• indecent assault includes both a general intent assault element and a specific intent element to satisfy the lust or sexual desires of the accused
• level of intoxication must be so severe as to render accused “‘incapable of forming the necessary intent’” (quoting United States v. Box, 28 M.J. 584, 585 (A.C.M.R. 1989)
• “While in- decent assault entails one element requiring specific intent (that is, that the offensive touching was committed to satisfy the lust or sexual desires of the accused

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