Count of the indictment charges defendant with aggravated assault in that he/she allegedly
(Read appropriate count of Indictment)
is accused of violating a section of our law that reads as follows:
A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he/[she] recklessly causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.
To find the defendant guilty of recklessly causing bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the following elements:
1. that the defendant caused bodily injury to another; and
2. that the defendant caused the bodily injury by use of a deadly weapon; and
3. that the defendant acted recklessly.
