Count of this indictment charges the defendant with the crime of aggravated assault.
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The applicable statute provides, in pertinent part, that:
(a) person is guilty of aggravated assault if he … (k)nowingly, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, points or displays a firearm … at or in the direction of a law enforcement officer.
In order for you to find the defendant guilty, the State must prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
1. that the defendant knowingly pointed or displayed a firearm at or in the direction of a law enforcement officer;
2. that the defendant knew that the person was a law enforcement officer; and
3. that the defendant acted under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
