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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v GLEN ALLISON GOLDEN, Defendant-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED May 19, 2009

No. 282604 Kalkaska Circuit Court LC No. 07-002868-FH

Before: K. F. Kelly, P.J., and Cavanagh and Beckering, JJ. PER CURIAM. Following a jury trial, defendant Glen Allison Golden was convicted of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, MCL 750.84. He was sentenced to 28 to 180 months' imprisonment for his conviction. He appeals as of right. We affirm. Defendant first argues there was insufficient evidence to prove he had the necessary intent to harm the victim because defendant had no ill will toward the victim and because the victim assaulted defendant first. "A claim of insufficient evidence is reviewed de novo, in a light most favorable to the prosecution, to determine whether the evidence would justify a rational jury's finding that the defendant was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." People v McGhee, 268 Mich App 600, 622; 709 NW2d 595 (2005). "Assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder requires proof of (1) an attempt or threat with force or violence to do corporal harm to another (an assault), and (2) an [specific] intent to do great bodily harm less than murder." People v Parcha, 227 Mich App 236, 239; 575 NW2d 316 (1997). The phrase intent to do great bodily harm less than murder is defined as "an intent to do serious injury of an aggravated nature." People v Mitchell, 149 Mich App 36, 39; 385 NW2d 717 (1986). The intent to do great bodily harm can be inferred by minimal circumstantial evidence "and reasonable inferences drawn therefrom." People v Pe

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