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punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year.
e.g., burglary, arson, robbery, rape, larceny, murder, manslaughter, mayhem. |
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| Types of Crimes: Misdemeanor: |
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| crime punishable by imprisonment for less than one year or by a fine only. |
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| Void for Vagueness Doctrine: |
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| criminal statutes must be specific enough to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice of what conduct is prohibited. |
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| State of Mind: Intentional: |
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| Desires that his acts cause certain consequences. |
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| State of Mind: Knowingly: |
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| Knows of the nature and or result of his conduct. |
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| State of Mind: Purposely: |
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conscious objective to engage in conduct or cause a result.
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| State of Mind: Recklessly: |
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| conscious disregard for substantial and unjustifable risk that material element exists or will result from conduct. Gross deviation from standard of conduct that law abiding person would observe. |
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