CHAPTER 2. BASIS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

IC 35-41-2
    Chapter 2. Basis of Criminal Liability

IC 35-41-2-1
Voluntary conduct
    Sec. 1. (a) A person commits an offense only if he voluntarilyengages in conduct in violation of the statute defining the offense.However, a person who omits to perform an act commits an offenseonly if he has a statutory, common law, or contractual duty toperform the act.
    (b) If possession of property constitutes any part of the prohibitedconduct, it is a defense that the person who possessed the propertywas not aware of his possession for a time sufficient for him to haveterminated his possession.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1977,P.L.340, SEC.3; Acts 1978, P.L.144, SEC.3; P.L.311-1983, SEC.30.

IC 35-41-2-2
Culpability
    Sec. 2. (a) A person engages in conduct "intentionally" if, whenhe engages in the conduct, it is his conscious objective to do so.
    (b) A person engages in conduct "knowingly" if, when he engagesin the conduct, he is aware of a high probability that he is doing so.
    (c) A person engages in conduct "recklessly" if he engages in theconduct in plain, conscious, and unjustifiable disregard of harm thatmight result and the disregard involves a substantial deviation fromacceptable standards of conduct.
    (d) Unless the statute defining the offense provides otherwise, ifa kind of culpability is required for commission of an offense, it isrequired with respect to every material element of the prohibitedconduct.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1977,P.L.340, SEC.4.

IC 35-41-2-3
Liability of corporation, partnership, or unincorporatedassociation
    Sec. 3. (a) A corporation, limited liability company, partnership,or unincorporated association may be prosecuted for any offense; itmay be convicted of an offense only if it is proved that the offensewas committed by its agent acting within the scope of his authority.
    (b) Recovery of a fine, costs (including fees), or forfeiture froma corporation, limited liability company, partnership, orunincorporated association is limited to the property of thecorporation, limited liability company, partnership, orunincorporated association.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1977,P.L.340, SEC.5; P.L.8-1993, SEC.510; P.L.106-2010, SEC.14.

IC 35-41-2-4 Aiding, inducing, or causing an offense
    Sec. 4. A person who knowingly or intentionally aids, induces, orcauses another person to commit an offense commits that offense,even if the other person:
        (1) has not been prosecuted for the offense;
        (2) has not been convicted of the offense; or
        (3) has been acquitted of the offense.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1977,P.L.340, SEC.6.

IC 35-41-2-5
Intoxication
    Sec. 5. Intoxication is not a defense in a prosecution for anoffense and may not be taken into consideration in determining theexistence of a mental state that is an element of the offense unless thedefendant meets the requirements of IC 35-41-3-5.
As added by P.L.210-1997, SEC.3.