Court Court Rules Mens Rea Statute 
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.
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.
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