criminal purpose in a sentence

Examples

1. It is not therefore necessary for any action to be taken in furtherance of the criminal purpose in order for a conspiracy offence to have been committed.
2. In deciding to deport the group, the Japanese government judged that their attempted entry into Japan on a fake passport was not intended for any criminal purpose, NHK said.
3. The appellate panel said that Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's office had to establish only " the intent that the conduct achieve a criminal purpose within its borders ."
4. Courts that do recognize this defense generally apply it only where the defendant completely and voluntarily renounces any criminal purpose ( " Understanding Criminal Law ", J . Dressler, 2006 ).
5. Thus, the ? offence is committed as soon as the unauthorised access is attempted, and the ? offence overtakes liability as soon as specific access is made for the criminal purpose.
6. It convicted Al-Megrahi of charges that he carried out a " criminal purpose to destroy a civil passenger aircraft and murder the occupants in furtherance of the purposes of said Libyan intelligence services ."
7. "Just because they haven't been used yet for a terrorist or criminal purpose with frequency in this state is no reason to wait until that happens, " said Assemblyman Paul Koretz, D-West Hollywood, who authored the law.
8. First, on the grounds that modern abortion techniques were no longer a threat to the woman's health so the dangers that the law was intending to protect no longer applied and consequently the law no longer had a valid criminal purpose required under the Bill of Rights.