Culpability Defined. — Guam Code § 4
Guam Code § 4 — Culpability Defined.. Reproduced from the official Guam Code Annotated, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 4. Culpability Defined.
(a) A person acts intentionally, or with intent, with respect to his
conduct or to a result thereof when it is his conscious purpose to engage in
the conduct or cause the result.
(b) A person acts knowingly, or with knowledge, with respect to his
conduct or to attendant circumstances when he is aware of the nature of his
conduct or that those circumstances exist. A person acts knowingly, or with
knowledge, with respect to a result of his conduct when he is aware that his
conduct is practically certain to cause the result.
(c) A person acts recklessly, or is reckless, with respect to attendant
circumstances or the result of his conduct when he acts in awareness of a
substantial risk that the circumstances exist or that his conduct will cause
the result and his disregard is unjustifiable and constitutes a gross deviation
from the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in the
situation.
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(d) A person acts with criminal negligence, or is criminally negligent,
with respect to attendant circumstances or the result of his conduct when he
should be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the
circumstances exist or that his conduct will cause the result and his failure
to be aware of the risk constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of
care that a reasonable person would exercise in the situation.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Guam Code Annotated § 4
- Jurisdiction: Guam
- Code: Guam Code Annotated
- Subject: Culpability Defined.
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