Culpability

Except as provided in § 4.45, a person is not guilty of a crime unless he acts intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence, as the law may require, with respect to the conduct, the result thereof or the attendant circumstances which constitute the material elements of the crime. SOURCE: Guam PC § 20; M.P.C. § 2.02 (1); *Cal. § 403 (T.D.1 1967); Cal. §§ 400- 405 (1971); Mass. ch. 263 § 17; N.J. 2C:2-2(a). CROSS-REFERENCES: § 4.45 of this Code. COMMENT: This Section, adopted from California (California Joint Legislative Committee for Revision of the Penal Code, Penal Code Revision Project 13-14 (Tentative Draft 1, Sept. 1967), simplifies the Model Penal Code terminology so as to reflect existing usage.