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1. 2.1-List the general elements of a crime.: -A prohibited act ("actus reus") and...
-A specific mental intent ("mens rea") that ...
-Occur at the same time ("concurrence") and...
-Bring about a particular result made unlawful by the statute ("causation)
2. 2.1-Define the culpable mental states "purposely," "knowingly," "reckless- ly," and
"negligently.": -Purposely - A person acts purposely when it is the person's specific intention to
cause a certain result, or , when the gist of the offense is a prohibition against conduct of a
certain nature, regardless of what the offender intends to accomplish thereby, it is the
offender's specific intention to engage in conduct of that nature.
-Knowingly - A person acts knowingly, regardless of purpose, when the person is aware that the
person's conduct will probably cause a certain result or will probably be of a certain nature
-Recklessly - A person acts recklessly when, with heedless indifference to the consequences , the
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person disregard a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the person's conduct is likely to cause a
certain result or is likely to cause a certain result or is likely to be a certain nature
-Negligently - A person acts negligently when, because of a substantial lapse from due care, the
person fails to perceive or avoid a risk that the person's conduct may cause result or may be of a
certain nature
3. 2.1-Identify the R.C. 2923.02 offense of Attempt to Commit an Offense according
to it's elements.: It is a crime to....
-Purposely or knowingly, when such purpose or knowledge is sufficient culpability for the
commission of an offense, to ...
-Engage in conduct that, if successful, would constitute or result in the offense
4. 2.2A-Identify the R.C. Chapter 2903 offense in the example according to the elements of
that offense.: -Aggravated Murder
-Murder
-Voluntary Manslaughter
-Involuntary Manslaughter
-Reckless Homicide
-Negligent Homicide
-Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, Vehicular Homicide, Vehicular Manslaughter
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-Aggravated Vehicular Assault; Vehicular Assault
-Felonious Assault
-Aggravated Assault
-Assault
-Negligent Assault
-Aggravated Menacing
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-Menacing
-Menacing by stalking
5. Aggravated Murder: No person shall purposely, and with prior calculation and design,
cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's preg- nancy.
6. Murder: No person shall purposely cause the death of another or the unlawful termination
of another's pregnancy.
7. Voluntary Manslaughter: No person, while under the influence of sudden pas- sion or in a
sudden fit of rage, either of which is brought on by serious provocation occasioned by the victim
that is reasonably sufficient to incite the person into using deadly force, shall knowingly cause
the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy.
8. Involuntary Manslaughter: No person shall cause the death of another or the unlawful
termination of another's pregnancy as a proximate result of the offender's committing or
attempting to commit a felony.
9. Reckless Homicide: No person shall recklessly cause the death of another or the unlawful
termination of another's pregnancy.
10. Negligent Homicide: No person shall negligently cause the death of another or the unlawful
termination of another's pregnancy by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance
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