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PEOPLE v. GAWORECKI

No. 40.

37 N.Y.3d 225 (2021)

175 N.E.3d 915

154 N.Y.S.3d 33

2021 NY Slip Op 05392

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RICHARD B. GAWORECKI, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 7, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veronica M. Gorman , Gorman Law, PLLC, Binghamton, for appellant.

Michael A. Korchak , District Attorney, Binghamton ( Rita M. Basile of counsel), for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

The phrase "mens rea" is fraught with definitional difficulties. It permeates the law along with

"`nonlegal disciplines such as philosophy and psychology, perhaps because it captures in a single phrase criminal law's focus on personal culpability. The modern...

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