New York legal term
Conduct in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Conduct” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Conduct” mean in New York criminal law?
"Conduct" means an act or omission and its accompanying mental state. 5. (N.Y. Penal Law § 15.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Abandonment of a child
- Aggravated harassment in the first degree
- Aggravated harassment of a rent regulated tenant
- Aggravated murder
- Aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree
- Aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree
- Aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree
- Aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree
- Aggravated threat of mass harm
- Arson in the third degree
- Assault in the first degree
- Coercion in the third degree
Related terms in the same statutes
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