Section 11.81.100. General purposes.


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  • The general purposes of this title are to
            (1) proscribe conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests;
            (2) give fair warning of the nature of the conduct constituting an offense;
            (3) define the act or omission and accompanying culpable mental state that constitute each offense and limit the condemnation of conduct as criminal when it is without fault; and
            (4) differentiate on reasonable grounds between serious and minor offenses.

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History

(Sec. 10 ch 166 SLA 1978)