mens rea

Question 1

intentional

Answer 1

purposeful or knowing conduct

Question 2

willful

Answer 2

Acts purposefully or knowingly, with moral turpitude

Question 3

Purpose

Answer 3

means that the conscious objective of the act is to bring about the prohibited result

Question 4

specific intent crime

Answer 4

purpose or knowing the crime

Question 5

specific intent defense

Answer 5

honest mistake, does not matter if unreasonable

Question 6

inchoate offenses mens rea

Answer 6

intent almost always refers to an act that is done purposefully

Question 7

Knowledge

Answer 7

means that the defendant knows, with almost absolute certainty, that the act will produce the prohibited result

Question 8

Recklessness

Answer 8

means that the defendant is aware that the conduct creates an unjustifiable risk, but ignores that risk and engages in the conduct anyway
“D knew the risk but didn’t care.”

Question 9

general intent mens rea

Answer 9

recklessness and negligence are ok; general intent does not require a certain state of mind but instead just desire to commit the act

Question 10

general intent mistake defense

Answer 10

must be honest and reasonable

Question 11

Criminal negligence

Answer 11

creates an unjustifiable risk without subjective awareness that they are doing so, but a reasonable person would have been aware of the risk.
“D did not realize he created the risk, but should have, because a reasonable person in that situation would have.”

Question 12

concurrence

Answer 12

requires the prosecution to prove that the act that caused the criminal result was actuated (set in motion) by the requisite criminal state of mind.