Guam § 31 - expressly lists children under age 14, lunatics, idiots, drunks and those compelled
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 31 — expressly lists children under age 14, lunatics, idiots, drunks and those compelled, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31. expressly lists children under age 14, lunatics, idiots, drunks and those compelled
to act under duress as categories of persons whose incapacity would render the actor
responsible for the offense, if he uses them to commit the prohibited conduct.
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In contrast, this Section declares a more general principle of law. Note that a person is
guilty under this Section if he aids an innocent or non-responsible person as well as
causing him to commit the act. An example of such aiding would be the crime of
Acontributing to the delinquency of the minor@ found in § 273a of the former Penal
Code. That crime of Acontributing would continue over as a crime under § 4.55 since
the juvenile law does not make a juvenile a Acriminal@ even if he commits an offense
which would be a crime if the juvenile were an adult.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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