Types of Mens Rea

1. Commission of a crime intentionally means that the offender consciously desires a particular consequence to happen and foresees that it will almost certainly happen if the offender engages in particular conduct.

2. Commission of a crime knowingly means that the offender engages in conduct aware that a particular consequence is reasonably certain to occur as the result of the offender’s conduct.

3. Commission of a crime recklessly means that the offender consciously disregards a known substantial risk.

4. Criminally negligent behavior occurs where the offender acts in gross disregard of the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise.