OPINION OF THE COURT BY RECKTENWALD, C.J.
I. INTRODUCTION
In order to commit a crime, a defendant must be capable of intending to act wrongfully. The bedrock principle that a crime requires a wrongful intent "is as universal and persistent in mature systems of law as belief in freedom of the human will and a consequent ability and duty...
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