Requirements To Establish Criminal Liability

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I. Requirements to establish criminal liability

Most criminal offenses require three things. The first thing is the actus reus or the criminal act, which is the act or conduct that is prohibited, including the failure to act when required to act. Thornton v. State, 397 Md. 704, 714 (2007). The second thing is the mens rea or the criminal mental state, except for those few offenses that are...

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