Mansfield Police chief Jason Bammann issued a statement Friday afternoon updating the case of a 5-year-old boy who died, apparently after being left inside a hot car on Thursday. “The Mansfield Police ...

Analysis 'Ruan v. United States' Reinforces Importance of Mens Rea in Federal Criminal Law In this edition of their White-Collar Crime column, Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack first analyze the ...

Patel, a manufacturer of electrical control panels for over 20 years, had approached the court after the Khar police filed a ...

March 18, 2024 - On March 19, 2024, the Supreme Court will hear argument in United States v. Diaz about the scope of Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b), which provides that, in criminal cases, "an ...

Maryland justices considered whether standing near gang graffiti qualifies as promoting a criminal organization under state ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers are claiming the disgraced mogul might not have been mentally capable of committing the crimes of which he’s been accused.. Per documents obtained by People on ...

According to the Legal Information Institute, mens rea — which means “guilty mind” in Latin — refers to the defendant’s mental state when the crime was committed.. To secure a conviction ...

“As with all criminal offenses, the government must establish that a defendant possesses the requisite mens rea,” Wormuth wrote then, referring to the Latin term for the defendant’s state of ...

Mens rea requirements are considered foundational to criminal law, examples include requirements for “malicious intent” when prosecuting first degree murder charges or requirements that a defendant ...

R. v. Hodgson, 2024 SCC 25, which originated in Nunavut, dealt with the law of self-defence, the scope of the Crown’s right to appeal an acquittal, and the mens rea (the accused’s state of mind) ...