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Out of this tragedy, known as the Elaine massacre, and its subsequent prosecution, would come a Supreme Court decision that would upend years of court-sanctioned injustice against...
Elonis v. United States: Omitting a reference to intent in a criminal statute does not mean that mere negligence is the appropriate mental state to support a conviction, and a statute must be interpreted to require specific intent if a requirement of general intent would not protect some innocent actors.
Courtroom 20. 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. Wednesday, October 31, 2001. The above-entitled matter came on for oral. argument before the Supreme Court of the United States at. 11:01 a.m.
Which of the following is true of the 1915 Guinn v. United States case? The Supreme Court declared in favor of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. What did the NAACP do in its initial years as a civil rights organization?
Decision. On June 1, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Elonis's conviction in an 8-1 decision. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a seven-justice majority, Samuel Alito authored an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, and Clarence Thomas authored a dissenting opinion.
Anthony Elonis was arrested on December 8, 2010 and charged with five counts of violating a federal anti-threat statute, 18 U.S.C. § 875 (c). Specifically, he was charged with threatening his ex-wife, co-workers, a kindergarten class, the local police, and an FBI agent.
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