{"id":465,"date":"2018-09-11T11:18:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatercriminallawyer.net\/?p=465"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:01:44","slug":"new-trial-for-man-convicted-of-attempted-murder-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/new-trial-for-man-convicted-of-attempted-murder-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"New Trial for Man Convicted of Attempted Murder in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are charged with a crime, the prosecution has the burden of proving that you committed all the elements of the crime in order to convict you of that crime. Some crimes involve an element that requires a specific mental state which depends on what a defendant was intending to do and what he or she knew. For example, the law treats someone differently if they accidentally kill someone versus if they intentionally kill someone, with the latter being punished more harshly. What a defendant does or does not know, and the intentions of the defendant, can be proven by circumstantial evidence. A skilled Florida murder defense attorney may use the defense that a defendant did not have the requisite mental state to commit the crime.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mens Rea<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Mens rea<\/em> is a latin term which means \u201cguilty mind.\u201d Proving the mens rea, or mental state, of a defendant is a burden for the prosecution if a specific mental state is part of the crime. One of the mental states that may need to be proven is \u201crecklessness.\u201d Recklessness goes beyond general carelessness or negligence. (Negligence can land you in court, but only civil court, not criminal.) Recklessness goes beyond just negligence, and entails doing something that anyone should know is extremely dangerous. For example, leaving a loaded gun out somewhere that children have access to or another equally unreasonably dangerous scenario.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/new-trial-for-man-convicted-of-attempted-murder-in-florida\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading New Trial for Man Convicted of Attempted Murder in Florida\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are charged with a crime, the prosecution has the burden of proving that you committed all the elements of the crime in order to convict you of that crime. 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