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A Crime is:
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a wrongful act or wrongful failure to act by the defendant with wrongful intent for which the state will seek punishment.
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Criminal Battery
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is an intentional or criminally negligent act causing an unlawful, harmful or offensive touching of the victim.
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Criminal Assault
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is an attempted battery or an intentional act causing the victim to be reasonably apprehensive of an imminent battery.
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Mens Rea
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Evil intent
(The thing that distinguishes crimes from torts is that for crimes the defendants must usually act (or fail to act) because of an evil intent.) |
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Strict Liability Crime
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Crimes for which no evil intent must be proven.
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