Subjective intent of wrongdoing required to convict doctors under Controlled Substances Act
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 28, 2022
In arguing a subjective standard is required, the charged doctors and other advocates emphasized longstanding rules about the presumption of mens rea (a guilty state of mind) for criminal offenses. A mens rea requirement, the opinion holds, is essential to separate physicians’ “socially beneficial conduct” from criminal conduct.
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