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NY Penal L § 15.15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title B - Principles of Criminal Liability Article 15 - Culpability 15.15 - Construction of Statutes With Respect to Culpability Requirements.

§   15.15   Construction   of   statutes  with  respect  to  culpabilityrequirements.1. When the commission of an offense defined in this chapter, or  some   element of an offense, requires a particular culpable mental state, such   mental  state  is  ordinarily  designated  in  the  statute defining the   offense by use of the terms "intentionally,"  "knowingly,"  "recklessly"   or  "criminal  negligence,"  or by use of terms, such as "with intent to   defraud" and "knowing it to be false," describing  a  specific  kind  of   intent  or knowledge.   When one and only one of such terms appears in a   statute defining an offense, it is presumed to apply to every element of   the offense unless an intent to limit its application clearly appears.2. Although no culpable mental state  is  expressly  designated  in  a   statute defining an offense, a culpable mental state may nevertheless be   required  for the commission of such offense, or with respect to some or   all  of  the  material  elements  thereof,  if  the  proscribed  conduct   necessarily  involves  such  culpable mental state. A statute defining a   crime, unless clearly indicating a legislative intent to  impose  strict   liability,   should   be   construed  as  defining  a  crime  of  mental   culpability. This subdivision applies to offenses defined  both  in  and   outside this chapter.
NY Penal L § 15.20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title B - Principles of Criminal Liability Article 15 - Culpability 15.20 - Effect of Ignorance or Mistake Upon Liability.

§ 15.20 Effect of ignorance or mistake upon liability.   1.  A person is not relieved of criminal liability for conduct because he engages in such conduct under a mistaken belief of fact, unless:  (a) Such factual mistake negatives the culpable mental state  required for the commission of an offense; or  (b)  The  statute  defining  the  offense or a statute related thereto expressly provides that such factual mistake constitutes  a  defense  or exemption; or  (c)  Such  factual  mistake  is  of  a kind that supports a defense of justification as defined in article thirty-five of this chapter.   2. A person is not relieved of criminal liability for conduct  because he  engages in such conduct under a mistaken belief that it does not, as a matter of law, constitute an offense, unless such mistaken  belief  is founded upon an official statement of the law contained in (a) a statute or  other  enactment,  or  (b)  an  administrative  order  or  grant  of permission, or (c) a judicial decision of a state or federal  court,  or (d)  an  interpretation  of  the statute or law relating to the offense, officially made or issued by a public servant, agency  or  body  legally charged   or   empowered   with   the  responsibility  or  privilege  of administering, enforcing or interpreting such statute or law.   3. Notwithstanding the use of the term "knowingly" in any provision of this chapter defining an offense in which the  age  of  a  child  is  an element  thereof, knowledge by the defendant of the age of such child is not an element of any such offense and it is not,  unless  expressly  so provided, a defense to a prosecution therefor that the defendant did not know  the  age  of  the  child or believed such age to be the same as or greater than that specified in the statute.   4. Notwithstanding the use of the term "knowingly" in any provision of this chapter defining an offense in which  the  aggregate  weight  of  a controlled  substance  or  marihuana  is  an  element,  knowledge by the defendant of the  aggregate  weight  of  such  controlled  substance  or marihuana  is  not  an element of any such offense and it is not, unless expressly so provided, a defense to  a  prosecution  therefor  that  the defendant  did not know the aggregate weight of the controlled substance or marihuana.
NY Penal L § 15.25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title B - Principles of Criminal Liability Article 15 - Culpability 15.25 - Effect of Intoxication Upon Liability.

§ 15.25 Effect of intoxication upon liability.Intoxication  is  not, as such, a defense to a criminal charge; but in   any  prosecution  for  an  offense,  evidence  of  intoxication  of  the   defendant  may  be  offered  by the defendant whenever it is relevant to   negative an element of the crime charged.
NY Penal L § 20.00 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title B - Principles of Criminal Liability Article 20 - Parties to Offenses and Liability Through Accessorial Conduct 20.00 - Criminal Liability for Conduct of Another.

§ 20.00 Criminal liability for conduct of another.When  one  person  engages  in  conduct  which constitutes an offense,   another person is criminally liable for such conduct when,  acting  with   the mental culpability required for the commission thereof, he solicits,   requests,  commands,  importunes,  or  intentionally aids such person to   engage in such conduct.
NY Penal L § 20.05 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title B - Principles of Criminal Liability Article 20 - Parties to Offenses and Liability Through Accessorial Conduct 20.05 - Criminal Liability for Conduct of Another; No Defense.

§ 20.05 Criminal liability for conduct of another; no defense.In  any  prosecution for an offense in which the criminal liability of   the defendant is based upon the conduct of another  person  pursuant  to   section 20.00, it is no defense that:1. Such other person is not guilty of the offense in question owing to   criminal  irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption, or to   unawareness of the criminal nature of the conduct in question or of  the   defendant's  criminal  purpose or to other factors precluding the mental   state required for the commission of the offense in question; or2. Such other person has not been prosecuted for or convicted  of  any   offense  based  upon  the  conduct  in  question, or has previously been   acquitted thereof, or has legal immunity from prosecution therefor; or3. The offense in question, as defined, can be  committed  only  by  a   particular class or classes of persons, and the defendant, not belonging   to  such  class  or  classes,  is  for  that reason legally incapable of   committing the offense in an individual capacity.
NY Penal L § 20.10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title B - Principles of Criminal Liability Article 20 - Parties to Offenses and Liability Through Accessorial Conduct 20.10 - Criminal Liability for Conduct of Another; Exemption.

§ 20.10 Criminal liability for conduct of another; exemption.Notwithstanding  the  provisions of sections 20.00 and 20.05, a person   is not criminally liable for conduct of another person  constituting  an   offense when his own conduct, though causing or aiding the commission of   such  offense,  is  of a kind that is necessarily incidental thereto. If   such conduct constitutes a related but separate offense upon the part of   the actor, he is liable for that offense only and not for the conduct or   offense committed by the other person.
NY Penal L § 20.15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title B - Principles of Criminal Liability Article 20 - Parties to Offenses and Liability Through Accessorial Conduct 20.15 - Convictions for Different Degrees of Offense.

§ 20.15 Convictions for different degrees of offense.Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, when, pursuant   to  section  20.00,  two  or  more  persons are criminally liable for an   offense which is divided into degrees, each person  is  guilty  of  such   degree  as is compatible with his own culpable mental state and with his   own accountability for an aggravating fact or circumstance.
NY Penal L § 20.20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title B - Principles of Criminal Liability Article 20 - Parties to Offenses and Liability Through Accessorial Conduct 20.20 - Criminal Liability of Corporations.

§ 20.20 Criminal liability of corporations.   1. As used in this section:  (a)  "Agent" means any director, officer or employee of a corporation, or any  other  person  who  is  authorized  to  act  in  behalf  of  the corporation.  (b)  "High  managerial agent" means an officer of a corporation or any other agent in a position of comparable authority with  respect  to  the formulation  of  corporate  policy  or  the  supervision in a managerial capacity of subordinate employees.   2. A corporation is guilty of an offense when:  (a) The conduct constituting the offense consists of  an  omission  to discharge   a  specific  duty  of  affirmative  performance  imposed  on corporations by law; or  (b) The conduct constituting the offense is  engaged  in,  authorized, solicited, requested, commanded, or recklessly tolerated by the board of directors  or  by a high managerial agent acting within the scope of his employment and in behalf of the corporation; or  (c) The conduct constituting the offense is engaged in by an agent  of the  corporation  while acting within the scope of his employment and in behalf of the corporation, and the offense is (i)  a  misdemeanor  or  a violation,  (ii)  one  defined  by  a  statute which clearly indicates a legislative intent to impose such criminal liability on  a  corporation, or  (iii)  any  offense  set  forth  in  title  twenty-seven  of article seventy-one of the environmental conservation law.
NY Penal L § 20.25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title B - Principles of Criminal Liability Article 20 - Parties to Offenses and Liability Through Accessorial Conduct 20.25 - Criminal Liability of an Individual for Corporate Conduct.

§ 20.25 Criminal liability of an individual for corporate conduct.A  person  is  criminally  liable  for conduct constituting an offense   which he performs or causes to be performed in the name of or in  behalf   of a corporation to the same extent as if such conduct were performed in   his own name or behalf.
NY Penal L § 25.00 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title C - Defenses Article 25 - Defenses in General 25.00 - Defenses; Burden of Proof.

§ 25.00 Defenses; burden of proof.1.  When  a "defense," other than an "affirmative defense," defined by   statute is raised at a trial, the people have the burden  of  disproving   such defense beyond a reasonable doubt.2.  When  a defense declared by statute to be an "affirmative defense"   is raised at a trial, the defendant has the burden of establishing  such   defense by a preponderance of the evidence.
NY Penal L § 35.00 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title C - Defenses Article 35 - Defense of Justification 35.00 - Justification; a Defense.

§ 35.00 Justification; a defense.In  any  prosecution  for  an  offense,  justification,  as defined in   sections 35.05 through 35.30, is a defense.
NY Penal L § 35.05 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title C - Defenses Article 35 - Defense of Justification 35.05 - Justification; Generally.

§ 35.05 Justification; generally.Unless  otherwise  limited  by  the ensuing provisions of this article   defining  justifiable  use  of  physical  force,  conduct  which   would   otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal when:1.  Such  conduct  is  required  or authorized by law or by a judicial   decree, or is performed by a public servant in the  reasonable  exercise   of his official powers, duties or functions; or2.  Such  conduct  is  necessary  as  an emergency measure to avoid an   imminent public or private injury which is about to occur by reason of a   situation occasioned or developed through no fault  of  the  actor,  and   which  is  of  such  gravity  that,  according  to ordinary standards of   intelligence and morality, the desirability and urgency of avoiding such   injury clearly outweigh the desirability of avoiding the  injury  sought   to  be  prevented  by  the  statute defining the offense in issue.   The   necessity  and  justifiability  of  such  conduct  may  not  rest   upon   considerations  pertaining  only to the morality and advisability of the   statute, either in its  general  application  or  with  respect  to  its   application  to a particular class of cases arising thereunder. Whenever   evidence relating to the defense of justification under this subdivision   is offered by the defendant, the court shall rule as  a  matter  of  law   whether  the  claimed  facts  and  circumstances  would, if established,   constitute a defense.
NY Penal L § 35.10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title C - Defenses Article 35 - Defense of Justification 35.10 - Justification; Use of Physical Force Generally.

§ 35.10 Justification; use of physical force generally.The  use  of  physical force upon another person which would otherwise   constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal under any  of  the   following circumstances:1.  A  parent,  guardian  or  other person entrusted with the care and   supervision of a person under the age of twenty-one  or  an  incompetent   person,  and  a  teacher  or  other  person  entrusted with the care and   supervision of a person under  the  age  of  twenty-one  for  a  special   purpose,  may  use  physical  force, but not deadly physical force, upon   such person when and to  the  extent  that  he  reasonably  believes  it   necessary  to  maintain  discipline  or  to  promote the welfare of such   person.2. A warden  or  other  authorized  official  of  a  jail,  prison  or   correctional institution may, in order to maintain order and discipline,   use such physical force as is authorized by the correction law.3.  A  person  responsible  for  the  maintenance of order in a common   carrier of passengers, or a person acting under his direction,  may  use   physical  force  when  and  to the extent that he reasonably believes it   necessary to maintain order, but he may use deadly physical  force  only   when  he  reasonably  believes  it necessary to prevent death or serious   physical injury.4. A person acting under a reasonable belief that  another  person  is   about  to  commit  suicide  or  to  inflict serious physical injury upon   himself may use physical force upon such person to the  extent  that  he   reasonably believes it necessary to thwart such result.5.  A  duly licensed physician, or a person acting under a physician's   direction, may use physical force for the  purpose  of  administering  a   recognized  form  of treatment which he or she reasonably believes to be   adapted to promoting the physical or mental health of the patient if (a)   the treatment is administered with the consent of the patient or, if the   patient is under the age of eighteen years  or  an  incompetent  person,   with  the consent of the parent, guardian or other person entrusted with   the patient's care and supervision, or (b) the treatment is administered   in an emergency when the  physician  reasonably  believes  that  no  one   competent  to  consent  can  be  consulted and that a reasonable person,   wishing to safeguard the welfare of the patient, would consent.6. A person may, pursuant to the ensuing provisions of  this  article,   use  physical  force upon another person in self-defense or defense of a   third person, or in defense of premises, or in order to prevent  larceny   of  or criminal mischief to property, or in order to effect an arrest or   prevent an escape from custody. Whenever a person is authorized  by  any   such  provision  to use deadly physical force in any given circumstance,   nothing contained in any other such provision may be deemed to negate or   qualify such authorization.
NY Penal L § 35.15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title C - Defenses Article 35 - Defense of Justification 35.15 - Justification; Use of Physical Force in Defense of a Person.

§ 35.15 Justification; use of physical force in defense of a person.   1.  A  person  may,  subject to the provisions of subdivision two, use physical force upon another person when and to  the  extent  he  or  she reasonably believes such to be necessary to defend himself, herself or a third  person  from  what he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by such other person, unless:  (a) The latter's conduct was provoked by  the  actor  with  intent  to cause physical injury to another person; or  (b)  The actor was the initial aggressor; except that in such case the use of physical force is  nevertheless  justifiable  if  the  actor  has withdrawn   from   the   encounter  and  effectively  communicated  such withdrawal to such other person but the latter  persists  in  continuing the  incident by the use or threatened imminent use of unlawful physical force; or  (c) The physical  force  involved  is  the  product  of  a  combat  by agreement not specifically authorized by law.   2.  A  person  may  not  use deadly physical force upon another person under circumstances specified in subdivision one unless:  (a) The actor reasonably believes that such other person is  using  or about  to  use  deadly  physical  force. Even in such case, however, the actor may not use deadly physical force if he or  she  knows  that  with complete  personal safety, to oneself and others he or she may avoid the necessity of so doing by retreating; except that the actor is  under  no duty to retreat if he or she is:  (i) in his or her dwelling and not the initial aggressor; or  (ii)  a police officer or peace officer or a person assisting a police officer or a peace officer at the latter's direction, acting pursuant to section 35.30; or  (b) He or she reasonably believes that such other person is committing or attempting to commit a kidnapping, forcible rape,  forcible  criminal sexual act or robbery; or  (c) He or she reasonably believes that such other person is committing or  attempting to commit a burglary, and the circumstances are such that the use of deadly physical force is authorized by subdivision  three  of section 35.20.
NY Penal L § 35.25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title C - Defenses Article 35 - Defense of Justification 35.25 - Justification; Use of Physical Force to Prevent or Terminate Larceny or Criminal Mischief.

§  35.25 Justification;  use  of  physical force to prevent or terminatelarceny or criminal mischief.A person may use physical force, other  than  deadly  physical  force,   upon  another  person  when  and to the extent that he or she reasonably   believes such to be necessary to prevent or terminate  what  he  or  she   reasonably believes to be the commission or attempted commission by such   other person of larceny or of criminal mischief with respect to property   other than premises.
NY Penal L § 35.27 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title C - Defenses Article 35 - Defense of Justification 35.27 - Justification; Use of Physical Force in Resisting Arrest Prohibited.

§  35.27  Justification;  use  of  physical  force  in  resisting arrestprohibited.A person may not use physical  force  to  resist  an  arrest,  whether   authorized  or  unauthorized,  which is being effected or attempted by a   police officer or peace officer when it would reasonably appear that the   latter is a police officer or peace officer.
NY Penal L § 40.00 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title C - Defenses Article 40 - Other Defenses Involving Lack of Culpability 40.00 - Duress.

§ 40.00 Duress.1.  In  any  prosecution  for an offense, it is an affirmative defense   that the defendant engaged in the  proscribed  conduct  because  he  was   coerced  to  do  so  by  the  use or threatened imminent use of unlawful   physical force upon him or a third person,  which  force  or  threatened   force  a  person of reasonable firmness in his situation would have been   unable to resist.2. The defense of duress as defined in subdivision one of this section   is not available  when  a  person  intentionally  or  recklessly  places   himself in a situation in which it is probable that he will be subjected   to duress.
NY Penal L § 40.05 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title C - Defenses Article 40 - Other Defenses Involving Lack of Culpability 40.05 - Entrapment.

§ 40.05 Entrapment.In  any  prosecution for an offense, it is an affirmative defense that   the defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct because he  was  induced   or  encouraged  to  do  so by a public servant, or by a person acting in   cooperation with a public servant, seeking to  obtain  evidence  against   him  for  purpose  of criminal prosecution, and when the methods used to   obtain such evidence were such as to create a substantial risk that  the   offense  would be committed by a person not otherwise disposed to commit   it. Inducement or  encouragement  to  commit  an  offense  means  active   inducement  or  encouragement.  Conduct  merely  affording  a  person an   opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment.
NY Penal L § 40.10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PEN - Penal Part 1 - General Provisions Title C - Defenses Article 40 - Other Defenses Involving Lack of Culpability 40.10 - Renunciation.

§ 40.10 Renunciation.1.  In any prosecution for an offense, other than an attempt to commit   a crime, in which  the  defendant's  guilt  depends  upon  his  criminal   liability  for  the conduct of another person pursuant to section 20.00,   it is an affirmative defense that,  under  circumstances  manifesting  a   voluntary  and  complete  renunciation  of  his  criminal  purpose,  the   defendant withdrew from participation  in  such  offense  prior  to  the   commission  thereof  and  made  a  substantial  effort  to  prevent  the   commission thereof.2. In any prosecution for criminal facilitation  pursuant  to  article   one  hundred  fifteen,  it  is an affirmative defense that, prior to the   commission of the felony which he  facilitated,  the  defendant  made  a   substantial effort to prevent the commission of such felony.3.  In  any  prosecution  pursuant to section 110.00 for an attempt to   commit a crime, it is an affirmative defense that,  under  circumstances   manifesting  a  voluntary  and  complete  renunciation  of  his criminal   purpose, the defendant avoided the commission of the crime attempted  by   abandoning his criminal effort and, if mere abandonment was insufficient   to  accomplish  such  avoidance, by taking further and affirmative steps   which prevented the commission thereof.4. In any prosecution for criminal solicitation  pursuant  to  article   one  hundred  or  for conspiracy pursuant to article one hundred five in   which the crime solicited or the crime contemplated  by  the  conspiracy   was  not  in  fact  committed,  it is an affirmative defense that, under   circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation  of  his   criminal purpose, the defendant prevented the commission of such crime.5.  A  renunciation is not "voluntary and complete" within the meaning   of this section if it is motivated in whole or in part by (a)  a  belief   that  circumstances exist which increase the probability of detection or   apprehension of the defendant or another  participant  in  the  criminal   enterprise,  or  which  render  more difficult the accomplishment of the   criminal purpose, or (b) a decision to  postpone  the  criminal  conduct   until  another time or to transfer the criminal effort to another victim   or another but similar objective.