Arkansas Code Title 5, Subtitle 1, Chapter 2, Subchapter 2 - Culpability

• § 5-2-201 - Definitions Generally.
  As used in the Arkansas Criminal Code: (1) "Act" means a bodily movement and includes speech and the conscious possession or control of property;...
• § 5-2-202 - Culpable Mental States -- Definitions.
  As used in the Arkansas Criminal Code, there are four (4) kinds of culpable mental states that are defined as follows: (1) "Purposely." A...
• § 5-2-203 - Culpable Mental States -- Interpretation of Statutes.
  (a) If a statute defining an offense prescribes a culpable mental state and does not clearly indicate that the culpable mental state applies to...
• § 5-2-204 - Elements of Culpability -- Exceptions to Culpable Mental State Requirement.
  (a) A person does not commit an offense unless his or her liability is based on conduct that includes a voluntary act or the...
• § 5-2-205 - Causation.
  Causation may be found when the result would not have occurred but for the conduct of the defendant operating either alone or concurrently with...
• § 5-2-206 - Ignorance or Mistake.
  (a) It is a defense to a prosecution that the actor engaged in the conduct charged to constitute the offense under a mistaken belief...
• § 5-2-207 - Intoxication.
  (a) Intoxication that is not self-induced intoxication is an affirmative defense to a prosecution if at the time a person engages in the conduct...
• § 5-2-208 - Duress.
  (a) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution that the actor engaged in the conduct charged to constitute an offense because the actor...
• § 5-2-209 - Entrapment.
  (a) It is an affirmative defense that the defendant was entrapped into committing an offense.(b) (1) Entrapment occurs when a law enforcement officer or...

Last modified: November 15, 2016