State v. Parish

The offense of failing to stop at the scene of an accident is purely statutory. The statute does not make intent an element of the crime. It is malum prohibitum. No mens rea, or wicked motive, is within the contemplation of the statute. State v. Wojahn, 204 Or. 84, 282 P.2d 675. Therefore, criminal intent cannot be read into the statute by implication. Cf. Morissette v. U. S., 342 U.S. 246, 72 S.Ct. 240, 96 L.Ed. 288.

The intent referred to in § 18-114, I.C. arises out of the intentional doing of the interdicted act. “The intent or intention is manifested by the circumstances connected with…