Troy G. v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mt. Olive Correctional Complex

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• defendant broke into parents’ home knowing guns were present; once inside defendant’s statements demonstrated his intent to use guns and thereafter he fired guns
• intent may be inferred “from the circumstances attending the act, and from the conduct and declarations of the defendant”
• evidence of “dual intent” did not compel fact finder to accept defendant’s noncriminal purpose and ignore his felonious purpose
• “[the] intent may be inferred from the actual commission of the felonious act. . . as well as ‘from the circumstances attending the act’ ” [citations omitted]
• \intent may be inferred from the actual commission of the felonious act . . . as well as from the circumstances attending the act\ [quotation omitted]
• valuation issue not raised below and thus waived

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