PERSONS WHO CAN�T COMMIT CRIMES (MORE ON EACH)
� CHILDREN UNDER 14
� IDIOTS
� THOSE WHO: MISTAKE FACT,
� ARE UNCONSCIOUS,
� HAVE ACCIDENTS, OR
� ARE THREATENED

CHILDREN UNDER 14
� A MATTER OF JURISDICTION, NOT KNOWLEDGE
� BUT MAY BE �DELINQUENT� ONLY IF �APPRECIATED WRONGFULNESS�
� TEXT OUTDATED BY NOV. 2000 PROPOSITION
� MUST BE TRIED AS ADULT FOR SOME CRIMES IF 14

IDIOTS
� DIFFERENT FROM INSANITY
� �ONE WHO IS VIRTUALLY WITHOUT MENTALITY�
� IQ OF 10-24, AVERAGE IS 100

MISTAKE OF FACT
� NOT MISTAKE OF LAW
� IGNORANCE OF LAW IS NO EXCUSE
� MUST BE AN HONEST AND REASONABLE MISTAKE OF FACT
� A DEFENSE IN UNLAWFUL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE

UNCONSCIOUS OF THE ACT
� THOSE WHO ARE SLEEPWALKING, DELIRIOUS, HAVING SEIZURES, SUFFERING FROM HEAD INJURIES, INVOLUNTARILY DRUNK
� NOT VOLUNTARY INTOXICATION

ACCIDENTAL ACTS
� REAL ACCIDENTS WHILE COMPLETELY WITHIN THE LAW
� DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCIDENTS WITH NEGLIGENCE

ACTS COMMITTED UNDER THREATS
� IF LIFE ENDANGERED BY THREATS
� COMMITTING THE ACT OF A CRIME (NO CRIMINAL INTENT)
� EXCEPTION FOR MURDER

INSANITY
� AFTER CONVICTION
� INSANITY AT TIME OF CRIME
� BY PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE
� BURDEN OF PROOF ON DEFENDANT
� M�NAGHTEN TEST IN CALIF.
� MAY BE TEMPORARY
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