A state of mind is
rarely susceptible of direct proof, but must ordinarily be inferred from the
facts. Therefore, it is not necessary,
members of the jury, that the State produce witnesses to testify that an
accused said he/she had a certain state of
mind when he/she engaged in a particular
act. It is within your power to find
that such proof has been furnished beyond a reasonable doubt by inference which
may arise from the nature of his/her acts and his/her conduct, and from all he/she said and did at the
particular time and place, and from all of the surrounding circumstances.
