 The mens rea requirement is that the defendant must have intend to , or recklessly , cause the victim to fear the possibility of immediate unlawful violence . There is no authority that suggests that " intend " or " recklessly " ought to mean something from their normal meanings . Cunningham recklessness – that the defendant himself foresaw the risk of harm – is applied . Assault is a crime of " basic intent " for the purposes of the Majewski test concerning voluntary intoxication . 
