No. 21-5853
Noah Gaston v. Maine
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-culpability due-process fourteenth-amendment general-intent intent mens-rea murder murder-statute specific-intent
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
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Latest Conference:
2021-10-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does Maine's murder statute violate the Fourteenth Amendment because it does not require the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Noah Gaston knew it was his wife and not an intruder?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does Maine’s murder statute violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution because it does not require the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Noah Gaston knew it was his wife and not an intruder because Maine law defines knowing as a general intent only requiring actus reus? 2
Docket Entries
2021-11-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
2021-10-04
Waiver of right of respondent State of Maine to respond filed.
2021-09-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 1, 2021)
Attorneys
Noah Gaston
Robert Clayton Andrews — Robert C. Andrews Esquire, PC, Petitioner
Robert Clayton Andrews — Robert C. Andrews Esquire, PC, Petitioner
State of Maine
Donald William Macomber — Maine Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Donald William Macomber — Maine Office of the Attorney General, Respondent