Section 13A-2-3 – Requirements for Criminal Liability in General and for Offenses of Strict Liability and of Mental Culpability.
Section 13A-2-3 Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses of strict liability and of mental culpability. The minimum requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a person of conduct which includes a voluntary act or the omission to perform an act which he is physically capable of performing. If that conduct is […]
Section 13A-2-4 – Construction of Statutes With Respect to Culpability Requirements.
Section 13A-2-4 Construction of statutes with respect to culpability requirements. (a) When a statute defining an offense prescribes as an element thereof a specified culpable mental state, such mental state is presumed to apply to every element of the offense unless the context thereof indicates to the contrary. (b) Although no culpable mental state is […]
Section 13A-2-5 – Causal Relationship Between Conduct and Results; Relationship to Mental Culpability.
Section 13A-2-5 Causal relationship between conduct and results; relationship to mental culpability. (a) A person is criminally liable if the result would not have occurred but for his conduct, operating either alone or concurrently with another cause, unless the concurrent cause was sufficient to produce the result and the conduct of the actor clearly insufficient. […]
Section 13A-2-6 – Effect of Ignorance or Mistake Upon Liability.
Section 13A-2-6 Effect of ignorance or mistake upon liability. (a) A person is not relieved of criminal liability for conduct because he engages in that conduct under a mistaken belief of fact unless: (1) His factual mistake negatives the culpable mental state required for the commission of an offense; or (2) The statute defining the […]
Section 13A-2-7 – Consent.
Section 13A-2-7 Consent. (a) In general. – The consent of the victim to conduct charged to constitute an offense or to the result thereof is a defense if such consent negatives a required element of the offense or precludes the infliction of the harm or evil sought to be prevented by the law defining the […]
Section 13A-2-20 – Criminal Liability Based Upon Behavior.
Section 13A-2-20 Criminal liability based upon behavior. A person is criminally liable for an offense if it is committed by his own behavior or by the behavior of another person for which he is legally accountable as provided for in this article, or both. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §401.)
Section 13A-2-21 – Criminal Liability Based Upon Behavior of Another – Accountability Imposed by Statute.
Section 13A-2-21 Criminal liability based upon behavior of another – Accountability imposed by statute. A person is legally accountable for the behavior of another person if he is made accountable for the behavior of such person by the statute defining the offense or by specific provision of this title. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, […]
Section 13A-2-22 – Criminal Liability Based Upon Behavior of Another – Conduct of an Innocent Person.
Section 13A-2-22 Criminal liability based upon behavior of another – Conduct of an innocent person. (a) A person is legally accountable for the behavior of another if, acting with the culpable mental state sufficient for the commission of the offense in question, he causes an innocent person to engage in such behavior. (b) As used […]
Section 13A-2-23 – Criminal Liability Based Upon Behavior of Another – Complicity.
Section 13A-2-23 Criminal liability based upon behavior of another – Complicity. A person is legally accountable for the behavior of another constituting a criminal offense if, with the intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense: (1) He procures, induces or causes such other person to commit the offense; or (2) He aids […]
Section 13A-2-24 – Criminal Liability Based Upon Behavior of Another – Exceptions.
Section 13A-2-24 Criminal liability based upon behavior of another – Exceptions. Unless otherwise provided by the statute defining the offense, a person shall not be legally accountable for behavior of another constituting a criminal offense if: (1) He is a victim of that offense; or (2) The offense is so defined that his conduct is […]