{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-15.10","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 15.10","heading":"Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses of strict liability and mental culpability","body":"§ 15.10 Requirements for criminal liability in general and for offenses\n          of strict liability and mental culpability.\n  The minimal requirement for criminal liability is the performance by a\nperson of conduct which includes a voluntary act or the omission to\nperform an act which he is physically capable of performing. If such\nconduct is all that is required for commission of a particular offense,\nor if an offense or some material element thereof does not require a\nculpable mental state on the part of the actor, such offense is one of\n\"strict liability.\" If a culpable mental state on the part of the actor\nis required with respect to every material element of an offense, such\noffense is one of \"mental culpability.\"","path":["Penal Law","Part 1. General Provisions","Title B. Principles of Criminal Liability","Article 15. Culpability"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/15.10","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"6f0e7e0bd84843ca64765e809c3645a6a8ba1d1898224c36deba3715cec1fa87","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-15.05","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-15.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}