In March 2013, Richard Mathis (“Mathis”) was accused of forcibly molesting a teenage boy. See United States v. Richard Mathis, 786 F.3d 1068, 1070 (8th Cir. 2015). After the allegation was made, police obtained search warrants for Mathis’s residence....
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In 2009, Petitioner Edward G. McDonough served as the Democratic Commissioner of the Rensselaer County Board of Elections. McDonough v. Smith, at 263. During this time, several individuals associated with the Democratic and Working Families Parties...
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In 1997, an Oklahoma jury convicted Jimcy McGirt of committing multiple crimes, including first-degree rape, against a four-year-old girl. McGirt v. Oklahoma at 1; see also Brief for Petitioner, Jimcy McGirt at 16; Brief for Respondent, Oklahoma at 4....
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In 2011, the federal government issued an indictment against Petitioner Louis McIntosh (“McIntosh”) and several accomplices, charging them with multiple offenses of Hobbs Act robbery and firearms violations. United States v. McIntosh at 608. These...
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Mens rea refers to criminal intent. The literal translation from Latin is "guilty mind." The plural of mens rea is mentes reae. Mens rea is the state of mind statutorily required in order to convict a particular defendant of a particular...
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A "Miranda warning" refers to the warnings that a police officer is required to give to a detainee based on constitutional requirements.
The requirement to give Miranda warnings came from the Supreme Court decision, Miranda...
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A mistake of fact is a mistake about a material factual element or mistaken belief other than a mistake of law. Examples include erroneous beliefs about the meaning of a legal term or about the identity of some person.
In...
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In December 2005, Jason Mont was convicted for possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States v. Mont at 1. Mont was sentenced to ten years in prison, with five years of supervised release...
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In 1980, Bobby James Moore was convicted of murder in Texas and sentenced to death. See Ex parte Moore, No. WR-13,374-05, 1 (Tex. Crim. App. Sept. 16, 2015). The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Moore’s conviction and sentence and denied his...
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Murder is when one human being unlawfully kills another human being. See Homicide. The precise legal definition of murder varies by jurisdiction. Most states distinguish between different degrees of murder. Some other states base their murder laws on...