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RSA 626:1 · Requirement of a Voluntary Act
626:1 Requirement of a Voluntary Act. –
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A person is not guilty of an offense unless his criminal liability is based on conduct that includes a voluntary act or the voluntary omission to perform an act of which he is physically capable.
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Possession is a voluntary act if the possessor knowingly procured or received the thing possessed or was aware of his control thereof for a sufficient period to have been able to terminate his possession. Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
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Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
Source history
- 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973
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