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11M1 MN NM MN IIMI MI EN IMO EMI NM NE MI <br /> ARTICLE 2 <br /> CRIMINAL LIABILITY; DEFENSES <br /> Section 15: General Requirements of Culpability <br /> 1. Kinds of Culpability Defined <br /> a. Intent. A person acts with intent or intentionally when he acts <br /> with the objective or purpose to accomplish a result which <br /> constitutes a crime. <br /> b. Knowledge. A person knows or acts knowingly or with knowledge <br /> when: <br /> i. he is aware of a fact, facts, or circumstances or result <br /> described by a statute or ordinance defining an offense; or <br /> ii. he has information which would lead a reasonable person in the <br /> same situation to believe that facts exist which facts are <br /> described by a statute or ordinance defining an offense. <br /> c. Recklessness. A person is reckless or acts recklessly when he <br /> knows of and disregards a substantial risk that a wrongful act may <br /> occur and his disregard of such substantial risk is a gross deviation <br /> from conduct that a reasonable person would exercise in the same <br /> situation. <br /> d. Criminal Negligence. A person is criminally negligent or acts with <br /> criminal negligence when he fails to be aware of a substantial risk <br /> that a wrongful act may occur and his failure to be aware of such <br /> substantial risk constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of <br /> care that a reasonable person would exercise in the same situation. <br /> 2. Substitutes for Criminal Negligence, Recklessness and Knowledge <br /> When a statute or ordinance provides that criminal negligence suffices to <br /> establish an element of an offense, such element also is established if a <br /> person acts intentionally, knowingly or recklessly. When recklessness <br /> suffices to establish an element, such element also is established if a person <br /> acts intentionally or knowingly. When acting knowingly suffices to establish <br /> an element, such element also is established if a person acts intentionally. <br /> 3. Culpability as Determinant of Grade of Offense <br /> When the grade or degree of an offense depends on whether the offense is <br /> committed intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence, <br /> its grade or degree shall be the lowest for which the determinative kind of <br /> culpability is established with respect to any material element of the <br /> offense. <br /> -17- <br />