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1) Mens rea refers to the mental state or guilty mind required to constitute a crime. It must coincide with the actus reus. 2) There are three types of mens rea: intention, recklessness, and negligence. Intention can be direct or oblique. Direct intention means desiring a result and acting to cause it. Oblique intention means foreseeing a result as virtually certain but not desiring it. 3) Early cases applied an objective test for oblique intention, asking what a reasonable person would foresee. Later cas

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CeCe Boo
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