22-3-1. Persons capable of committing crimes--Exceptions.
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Any person is capable of committing a crime, except those included in the following classes:
(1)Any child under the age of ten years;
(2)Any child of the age of ten years , but under the age of fourteen years, in the absence of proof that at the time of the committing the act or neglect charged, the child knew its wrongfulness;
(3)Any person who committed the act or made the omission charged under ignorance or mistake of fact which disproves any criminal intent. However, ignorance of the law does not excuse a person from punishment for its violation;
(4)Any person who committed the act charged without being conscious thereof; or
(5)Any person who committed the act or made the omission charged while under involuntary subjection to the power of superiors.