SWEENEY AND TODD ARE EACH MOTORISTS DRIVING IN THE STATE OF BARBERVILLE WHEN THEY SIMULTANEOUSLY APPROACH THE SAME EMPTY PARKING SPOT. AFTER YELLING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT WHO IS ENTITLED TO THE SPOT, SWEENEY APPROACHES TODD'S CAR, PULLS A SCREWDRIVER FROM HIS PICKET, AND TOUCHES IT TO TODD'S THROAT IN AN EFFORT TO SCARE HIM BUT WITHOUT THE INTENTION OF DOING ANY HARM. TODD REACTS BY TWISTING HIS HEAD AND IN THE PROCESS CUTS HIMSELF SEVERELY AGAINST THE BLADE OF THE SCREWDRIVER. IF BARBERVILLE HAS DEFINED THE CRIME OF ASSAULT AS OCCURRING WHERE ONE "PURPOSEFULLY CAUSES BODILY INJURY TO ANOTHER," AND THE CRIME HAS BEEN CONSTRUED AS ONE THAT REQUIRES "GENERAL INTENT," MAY SWEENEY PROPERLY BE FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULT?

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