criminal-mental-state
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-7308 | Jerry Lynn McGavitt v. Texas | Texas | 2020-01-17 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment criminal-law criminal-mental-state due-process jury-charge jury-instructions law-of-parties mens-rea murder murder-prosecution | Whether the failure to limit the definitions, in the abstract portion of the jury charge, of 'Intentionally' and 'Knowingly' to the nature of the cond… |
| 18-7306 | Michael Martin Steele v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-01-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aggravated-felony criminal-law criminal-mental-state due-process immigration immigration-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation strict-liability united-states-v-x-citement-video | Did the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits misconstrue the mens-rea requirements of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(B), when they created an aggravated felony for 'ql… |