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Good Doc, Bad Doc: Supreme Court Finds Prescriber Knowledge Counts

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Palmer — On June 27, 2022, in one of the last opinions issued during its current term, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court (six justices) issued a noteworthy opinion on criminal liability related to prescribers of controlled substances. The Supreme Court granted certiorari to resolve the Circuit split. Gilbert & Karla L.

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“Without any Doubt, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Beyond any Doubt”: Tribe Declares Trump Committed Attempted Murder

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Gillespie, 2022 Cal. LEXIS 3055 *, 2022 WL 1564200. LEXIS 1033 *, 2021 WL 633384, the court noted: Attempted murder requires a finding of specific intent to kill such that implied malice is insufficient to support a conviction for that offense. Indeed, such a claim would contradict controlling Supreme Court precedent.