ADMJ 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Criminal Negligence, Mens Rea, Transferred Intent
19 Jan 2018
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You cannot criminalize this (being a drug addict) Transferred intent: intends to harm a person or property but in the process of doing so and injures another unintended person or property. Original intent is applied to the unintended victim. The harm for the unintended victim must be the same or similar that they intended for the victim. Actus reas and mens rea must occur at the same time. Perjury: intentional false statement under oath about a material matter. Mayhem: general intent, causing either permanent disfigurement of a person or permanent loss of a bodily function or organ. Elements of the crime cause the crime to occur. Defe(cid:374)da(cid:374)t"s a(cid:272)t was the (cid:374)atural a(cid:374)d pro(cid:271)a(cid:271)le (cid:272)ause of the (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e (cid:894)dire(cid:272)t or su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)tial(cid:895) Principal in the 1st degree: person who committed the crime. Principal in the 2nd degree: enticed, encouraged, aided, and/or abetted in committing the crime and was present at the scene.
