Section 13A-2-1 Definitions – Generally. The following definitions apply to this Criminal Code: (1) ACT. A bodily movement, and such term includes possession of property. (2) VOLUNTARY ACT. An act performed consciously as a result of effort or determination, and such term includes the possession of property if the actor was aware of his physical […]
Section 13A-2-2 Definitions – Definitions of culpable mental state. The following definitions apply to this Criminal Code: (1) INTENTIONALLY. A person acts intentionally with respect to a result or to conduct described by a statute defining an offense, when his purpose is to cause that result or to engage in that conduct. (2) KNOWINGLY. A […]
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. (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. (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. (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. (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 […]
