OPOTA UNIT 2: LEGAL | 157 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

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2.1-List the general elements of a crime. - ✔✔-A prohibited act ("actus reus") and... -A specific mental intent ("mens rea") that ... -Occur at the same time ("concurrence") and... -Bring about... a particular result made unlawful by the statute ("causation) 2.1-Define the culpable mental states "purposely," "knowingly," "recklessly," and "negligently." - ✔✔-Purposely - A person acts purposely when it is the person's specific intention to cause a certain result, or , when the gist of the offense is a prohibition against conduct of a certain nature, regardless of what the offender intends to accomplish thereby, it is the offender's specific intention to engage in conduct of that nature. -Knowingly - A person acts knowingly, regardless of purpose, when the person is aware that the person's conduct will probably cause a certain result or will probably be of a certain nature -Recklessly - A person acts recklessly when, with heedless indifference to the consequences , the person disregard a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the person's conduct is likely to cause a certain result or is likely to cause a certain result or is likely to be a certain nature -Negligently - A person acts negligently when, because of a substantial lapse from due care, the person fails to perceive or avoid a risk that the person's conduct may cause result or may be of a certain nature [Show More]

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