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If an offense requires a specific kind of culpability, then any more severe culpability will suffice. Thus if an offense is defined in the form, "It is illegal to knowingly do X," then it is illegal to do X knowingly or purposely (a more severe state), but not to do so recklessly or negligently (the two less severe states). Strict liability ...
A person causes a result negligently if there is a substantial and unjustifiable risk he/she is unaware of but should be aware of. The first two types of culpability are each a subset of the following. Thus if someone acts purposely, they also act knowingly. If someone acts knowingly, they also act recklessly.
A person commits an offense if he: (1) intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual. In the common law approach as under 18 U.S.C. §1111, the definition of murder includes an actus reus (the unlawful killing of a human being) and a common law mens rea : malice aforethought .
Under that statute, "any person" who "intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly…sell[s] or furnish[es] a pistol or revolver" to someone younger than 18 is guilty of a felony punishable by three to ...
an attempt to cause or purposely, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to another; negligently causing bodily injury to another with a dangerous weapon (assault with a deadly weapon). [66] causing bodily harm by reckless operation of a motor vehicle (vehicular assault). [67] threatening another in a menacing manner. [68]
But other legal experts have said prosecutors could struggle to prove criminal intent, which requires showing that actions were taken purposely, knowingly, recklessly or negligently. What charges ...
In the suit, O’Neill claimed the hotel “knowingly, recklessly, and negligently hired and retained Loomis as a security guard despite his known history of violence and of making false ...
Generally, a person commits criminal assault if they purposely, knowingly, or recklessly inflict bodily injury upon another; if they negligently inflict bodily injury upon another by means of dangerous weapon; or if through physical menace, they place another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. [17]