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Purposely

2 October, 2015 - 17:12

A defendant who acts purposely intends to engage in conduct of that nature and intends to cause a certain result. 1 Purposeful criminal intent resembles specific intent to cause harm, which was discussed previously. As the Model Penal Code states, “[a] person acts purposely with respect to a material element of an offense when: (i) if the element involves the nature of his conduct or a result thereof, it is his conscious object to engage in conduct of that nature or to cause such a result” (Model Penal Code § 2.02 (2) (a)).