Sec. 11.81.450. Entrapment.
In any prosecution for an offense, it is an affirmative defense that, in order to obtain evidence of the commission of an offense, a public law enforcement official or a person working in cooperation with the official induced the defendant to commit the offense by persuasion or inducement as would be effective to persuade an […]
Sec. 11.81.500. No prosecution for safe surrender of infant.
A parent may not be criminally prosecuted for surrendering a child of the parent if the child (1) is an infant who is less than 21 days of age; (2) is surrendered in the manner described in AS 47.10.013(c); and (3) is not the subject of a court order affecting custody of the child.
Sec. 11.81.600. General requirements of culpability.
(a) The minimal requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a person of conduct that includes a voluntary act or the omission to perform an act that the person is capable of performing. (b) A person is not guilty of an offense unless the person acts with a culpable mental state, except that no […]
Sec. 11.81.610. Construction of statutes with respect to culpability.
(a) [Repealed, § 44 ch 102 SLA 1980.] (b) Except as provided in AS 11.81.600(b), if a provision of law defining an offense does not prescribe a culpable mental state, the culpable mental state that must be proved with respect to (1) conduct is “knowingly”; and (2) a circumstance or a result is “recklessly.” (c) […]
Sec. 11.81.615. Offenses defined by age or value.
Whenever a provision of law defining an offense requires a determination of the age of the victim or the value of property or services, it is not a defense to the lowest class of offense established by the evidence that the age of the victim is less than the age which would make the offense […]
Sec. 11.81.620. Effect of ignorance or mistake upon liability.
(a) Knowledge, recklessness, or criminal negligence as to whether conduct constitutes an offense, or knowledge, recklessness, or criminal negligence as to the existence, meaning, or application of the provision of law defining an offense, is not an element of an offense unless the provision of law clearly so provides. Use of the phrase “intent to […]
Sec. 11.81.630. Intoxication as a defense.
Voluntary intoxication is not a defense to a prosecution for an offense, but evidence that the defendant was intoxicated may be offered whenever it is relevant to negate an element of the offense that requires that the defendant intentionally cause a result.
Sec. 11.81.640. Application of AS 11.81.600 – 11.81.630.
AS 11.81.600 – 11.81.630 apply only to this title.
Sec. 11.81.900. Definitions.
(a) For purposes of this title, unless the context requires otherwise, (1) a person acts “intentionally” with respect to a result described by a provision of law defining an offense when the person’s conscious objective is to cause that result; when intentionally causing a particular result is an element of an offense, that intent need […]
Sec. 11.81.210. Limitation on applicability.
This title does not bar, suspend, or otherwise affect any right to or liability for damages, penalty, forfeiture, or other remedy authorized by law to be recovered or enforced in a civil action, regardless of whether the conduct involved in the proceeding constitutes an offense defined in this title.