A legal defense that is used when the accused does not posses the mental state required to commit a criminal offense because of a reasonable mistaken belief about the facts relating to the circumstances; not to be confused with diminished mental capacity or insanity.

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1. A legal defense that is used when the accused does not posses the mental state required to commit a criminal offense because of a reasonable mistaken belief about the facts relating to the circumstances; not to be confused with diminished mental capacity or insanity.