Pinckney broke into his neighbor's garage to steal some gasoline by siphoning it out of the car. When Pinckney lit a match to check thelevel of the gasoline, the fumes ignited and caused an explosion.
Theensuing fire consumed the garage. Pinckney has been convicted under astatute that prescribes punishment for anyone who "intentionally orknowingly sets fire to a building." If there is an appeal, the conviction should be:
a. Affirmed because Pinckney's wrongful intention to stealwould be "transferred" to the act of setting the fire.
b. Affirmed because Pinckney acted with criminal intent anda guilty mind, thus satisfying the requirement of mens rea.
c. Reversed because Pinckney did not act with the mens reaspecified in the statute.
d. Reversed because conviction under this statute wouldrequire that Pinckney's reckless conduct caused the fire.