State v. Audette

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• the word “intent” was sufficiently within its ordinary use and understanding
• court has primary duty to instruct clearly on applicable law
• court has primary duty to instruct clearly on applicable law
• jury, in prosecution for lewd act with child, could infer intent of “arousing, appealing to or gratifying the lust, passions or sexual desires” from willful act where the nature of the accusation precluded any suggestion of an accidental or unintentional happening
• lewd and lascivious conduct with child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).