26C. “Intentionally”
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A person is said to do an act intentionally where that person does an act deliberately.
A person is said to cause an effect intentionally where that person does anything that causes an effect —
with the purpose of causing that effect; or
knowing that that effect would be virtually certain (barring an unforeseen intervention) to result.
To avoid doubt, a person does not intend or foresee a result of his acts by reason only of it being a natural and probable consequence of those acts.
To avoid doubt, nothing in this section prevents a court from relying on a person’s foresight that a certain effect was a probable consequence of his act as a basis to draw an inference that the person caused that effect intentionally. Explanation.—Intention is distinct from motive or desire, and a person may do an act or cause an effect intentionally even if doing so was not his motive or he had no desire to do so.