§ 15.10 Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses\n of strict liability and mental culpability.\n The minimal requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a\nperson of conduct which includes a voluntary act or the omission to\nperform an act which he is physically capable of performing. If such\nconduct is all that is required for commission of a particular offense,\nor if an offense or some material element thereof does not require a\nculpable mental state on the part of the actor, such offense is one of\n"strict liability." If a culpable mental state on the part of the actor\nis required with respect to every material element of an offense, such\noffense is one of "mental culpability."\n
N.Y. Penal Law § 15.10
Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses of strict liability and mental culpability
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case United States v. Scott (2020)
Most recently applied in 71 Misc. 3d 15 - People v. Bank of Am., N. A. (March 2021)
2014-09-22
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