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Intent is defined in English law by the ruling in R v Mohan [1976] QB 1 as "the decision to bring about a prohibited consequence" (malum prohibitum). [1] [2] [3]A range of words represents shades of intent in criminal laws around the world.
In 1985, The Law Commission Report on Codification of the Criminal Law proposed the following definition of murder: A person who kills another: (a) intending to kill; or (b) intending to cause serious injury and being aware that he may kill; [or (c) intending to cause fear of death or serious injury and being aware that he may kill]
The law technically distinguishes between motive and intent. "Intent" in criminal law is synonymous with mens rea ('guilty mind'), which means the mental state shows liability which is enforced by law as an element of a crime. [3] "Motive" describes instead the reasons in the accused's background and station in life that are supposed to have ...
In United States criminal law, transferred intent is sometimes explained by stating that "the intent follows the bullet". [citation needed] That is, the intent to kill a person by gunshot would still apply even if the bullet kills an unintended victim (see mens rea). [citation needed]
There also exist alternative forms of aggravated assault in English law, for example: assault or battery with intent to resist arrest (as above, the arrest must be lawful); and assault on, resistance to, and obstruction of constables. [55] Under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, it is also possible to commit a racially aggravated assault. This ...
An act of assault may also be privileged, meaning that the person who commits the assault had the legal right to do so and cannot be sued, as might occur if a police officer draws a firearm on a criminal suspect. Lastly, automatism (e.g., sleep walking) acts to negate the intent element as someone acting while asleep is not acting voluntarily.
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The severity of criminal offenses often depends on the type and the degree of intent involved. [91] [90] But the specific characterizations and the role of intent differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. [92] In criminal law, an important distinction is between general and specific intent. General intent is the weaker term.