Specific Intent Crimes
Mnemonic

By Adam Balinski
Updated: November 23, 2022

Specific intent crimes require that you do a voluntary act “with intent to” cause a specific forbidden result.

• “With intent to” means you do the voluntary act with the purpose or substantially certain knowledge of causing the forbidden result.

Which crimes require specific intent?

You’ll get an A, if you remember the consonants in specific: A-SPCF.

• Attempt crimes.
• Solicitation.
• Property felonies like larceny, embezzlement, false pretenses, robbery, burglary, and forgery.
• Conspiracy.
• First-degree murder, normally.

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