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Criminal Law (Defenses (insanity (M'Naughten rule (Must not know if…

- - - - Must not know if it's right or wrong
      - understand the nature and quality of act
    - - Mental illness resulted in lack of substantial capacity to appreciate wrongfulness or conform to law
  - - - mistake of fact is not available for strict liability
- - - - impossibility not a defense
  - - - Common Law
        
        can withdraw any time w/notice
      - Majority
        
        overt act to further needed
      - Model penal code
        
        withdraw and thwarting is defense
  - - - acts with dangerous propensity towards completion
    - - substantial steps
- - - - Stict Liability (no mens rea needed)
        
        Statutory Rape, public health and safety regs
      - General intent
        
        Rape, Battery, kidnapping
      - Malice
        
        Murder and arson
      - Specific intent
        
        1st degree murder, ssault, inchoate crimes, property related
    - - Negligence
        
        gross deviations from the norm by failing to precieve
      - Reckless
        
        disregarding substantial and unjustifiable risk
      - Knowingly
        
        Awareness
      - Purposely
        
        conscious object
    - - intent to harm one but transfers to another
- - - - gross recklessness (depraved heart)
    - - voluntary
      - Involuntary