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Criminal Intent: Overview. Criminal intent is a necessary component of a conventional crime and involves a conscious decision on the part of one party to injure or deprive another. It is one of three categories of mens rea, the basis for the establishment of guilt in a criminal case.
Whether a crime is categorized as general intent or specific intent will have different legal consequences. For example, certain defenses are only available for general intent crimes and vice versa. Generally it is more difficult to prove specific intent crimes as opposed to general intent crimes.