CT · jury_instructions
Conn. Crim. Jury Instr. 2.3-3
Knowledge -- § 53a-3 (12)
A person acts “knowingly” with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a statute
defining an offense when (he/she) is aware that (his/her) conduct is of such nature or that such
circumstance exists. An act is done (knowingly / with knowledge) if done voluntarily and
purposely, and not because of mistake, inadvertence or accident.
Ordinarily, knowledge can be established only through an inference from other proven facts and
circumstances. The inference may be drawn if the circumstances are such that a reasonable
person of honest intention, in the situation of the defendant, would have concluded that <insert
factual statement of the crime charged; for example: “the instrument was forged”>. The
determinative question is whether the circumstances in the particular case form a basis for a
sound inference as to the knowledge of the defendant in the transaction under inquiry.
Provenance
- Source
- jud.ct.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-23
- Edition
- 2026-08-23
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