Identify and explain four excuse defenses against a criminal charge
What will be an ideal response?
? The first excuse defense is (1) infancy. According to common law, an individual must be old enough to understand the nature of his or her actions and their associated consequences before they can be held accountable.
• (2) Insanity is a defense that asserts that the defendant lacks the mental capacity to
understand or control his or her actions.
• (3) Intoxication is an excuse defense that suggests that the defendant was under the influence of a controlled substance and thus not responsible for his or her actions.
• The final defense is (4) mistake. Mistake of law suggests that the offender was unaware of the law while mistake of fact asserts that the defendant honestly did not know that he or she was breaking the law.
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