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| State of Mind | What you are thinking; Most crimes require the actor have a guilty state of mind, meaning that he or she purposefully commits the prohibited act. |
| Motive | The reason a person commits a crime. |
| Strict Liability | The legal responsibility for damage or injury even if you are not negligent. |
| Elements | The conditions that make an act unlawful. |
| Felony | A serious criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence of more than one year. |
| Misdemeanor | A criminal offense, less serious than a felony, punishable by a prison sentence of one year or less. |
| Principal | The person who commits a crime. |
| Accomplice | A person who voluntarily helps another person commit a crime; unlike an accessory, an accomplice is usually present or directly aids in the crime. |
| Accessory | A person who helps commit a crime but usually is not present. |
| Accessory Before the Fact | One who encourages, orders, or helps plan a crime. |
| Accessory After the fact | One who knowing a crie has been committed, helps conceal the crime or the criminal. |
| Crime of omission | Failing to perform an act required by criminal law |
| Solicitation | The act of requesting or strongly urging someone to do something. If the request is to do something illegal, solicitation is considered a crime. |
| Attempt | An effort to commit a crime that goes beyond mere preparation but does not result in the commission of the crime. |
| Conspiracy | An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime along with a substantial act toward committing the crime. |
| Overt | Open; clear example; an overt act in criminal law is more than mere preparation to do something.) |
