People v. Hood
California Supreme Court
462 P.2d 370 (1969)
While heavily intoxicated, David Hood (defendant), his brother, and friends forced their way into his ex-girlfriend's home; when police arrived and Hood swore at them and resisted arrest, he grabbed an officer's gun during the ensuing struggle and shot the officer in the legs. Hood was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, and appealed the trial court's jury instructions regarding how his intoxication should factor into the jury's determination of guilt.
Whether evidence of a defendant's voluntary intoxication may be considered by the jury in determining guilt for assault with a deadly weapon, a crime that does not fit neatly into the traditional specific-intent versus general-intent framework.