Introduction to Law Deneme Sınavı Sorusu #986033

"This occurs when a perpetrator violates criminal law since his/her grasp on reality is erroneous. In such cases, the basic assumption is that the perpetrator would not have acted in the way he did had he/she known the facts of the case."

Which of the following terms is defined above?


Criminal liability

Necessity

Diminished responsibility

Mistake of law

Mistake of fact


Yanıt Açıklaması:

Whoeverat the time of the commission of an act is unaware of a fact that is a definitional element of an offense shall be deemed not to have acted intentionally.

A mistake of fact occurs whereby the perpetrator violates criminal law since his/hergrasp on reality is erroneous. In such cases, the basic assumption is that the perpetrator would nothave acted in the way he did had he/she knownthe facts of the case.

The correct answer is E. 

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