Court Court Rules Mens Rea 
JURIST
JUNE 12, 2021
The US Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that “reckless” crimes qualify as violent felonies for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The Supreme Court reversed that judgment and remanded the case.
JURIST
JUNE 27, 2022
The US Supreme Court Monday ruled that the US government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a doctor knowingly prescribed opioids “in an unauthorized manner” in order to secure a conviction for the illegal distribution of controlled substances. In the case of Ruan v. Ruan was separately charged with money laundering.
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SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 28, 2022
Share With a majority opinion that will be one of Justice Stephen Breyer’s last for the Supreme Court, the court on Monday ruled 9-0 that two alleged opioids “pill mill” doctors could not be convicted absent a jury finding that they subjectively believed they were wrongfully dispensing pills. The case, Ruan v.
FDA Law Blog
JUNE 28, 2022
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. Palmer — On June 27, 2022, in one of the last opinions issued during its current term, a majority of the U.S.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 24, 2021
United States , the Supreme Court analyzed the Armed Career Criminal Act ’s force clause or elements clause. In this case, the court had to decide whether the term “violent felony” includes crimes committed with a reckless state of mind. The case came to the court after Charles Borden Jr. Share In Borden v.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 17, 2022
It was due to the paucity of direct evidence of a crime that would hold up in court. 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. See People v. Gillespie, 2022 Cal. Indeed, in People v.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 20, 2022
That is a far cry from evidence showing mens rea — “guilty mind.” That speech appears protected by the First Amendment and existing Supreme Court precedent. There were discussions of appointing Trump attorney Sidney Powell as a special counsel , seizing voting machines or replacing the Justice Department’s leadership.
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