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. 11.81.600. 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(a) [Repealed, § 44 ch 102 SLA 1980.]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.