N.Y. Penal Law § 15.10: Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses of strict liability and mental culpability

§ 15.10 Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses

of strict liability and mental culpability.

The minimal requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a

person of conduct which includes a voluntary act or the omission to

perform an act which he is physically capable of performing. If such

conduct is all that is required for commission of a particular offense,

or if an offense or some material element thereof does not require a

culpable mental state on the part of the actor, such offense is one of

"strict liability." If a culpable mental state on the part of the actor

is required with respect to every material element of an offense, such

offense is one of "mental culpability."