Wyoming Criminal Statutes

Question 1

Define a scienter

Answer 1

Evil design or mental state.

Question 2

Define general criminal intent

Answer 2

‐ Offender is presumed to have intended the natural and probable consequences of his voluntary acts.

Question 3

Define specific criminal intent

Answer 3

‐ Intent in which a particular ulterior purpose is involved in the offender’s act.

Question 4

Define elements of a crime

Answer 4

• An act or attempt
• Intent
• In violation of statutory law
• For which there is a punishment

Question 5

Define Corpus Delicti

Answer 5

The basic facts necessary to prove the commission of a crime.

Question 6

Recognize the role of voluntary intoxication in specific criminal intent

Answer 6

-ACT
- Intoxication of the defendant
-INTENT
- Self-induced
-PENALTY
- None
-PROVISION
- Not a defense to a criminal charge except…
-When relevant to negate the existence of a
specific intent which is an element of the
crime.