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Example of Knowingly

17 February, 2016 - 11:05

Victor brags to his girlfriend Tanya that he can shoot into a densely packed crowd of people on the subway train without hitting any of them. Tanya dares Victor to try it. Victor removes a concealed weapon from his waistband and shoots, aiming at a group of people standing with their back to him. The shot kills Monica, who is standing the closest to Victor. In this case, Victor did not intendto shoot Monica. In fact, Victor’s goal was to shoot and miss all the standing subway passengers. However, Victor was awarethat he was shooting a loaded gun (the nature of the act) and was also practicallcertainthat shooting into a crowd would result in somebody getting hurt or killed. Thus Victor acted knowingly according to the Model Penal Code. If the state in which Victor shoots Monica defines murder intent as knowingly under the Model Penal Code, then Victor has most likely committed murder in this case.

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