U.S. v. Dewalt, No. 95-3103 (D.C. Cir.) (92 F.3d 1209) (August 20, 1996) (Judge Douglas Ginsburg)
Loaded on Sept. 1, 1996
published in Punch and Jurists
September 23, 1996
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Mens Rea Element.
Here the Court held that a defendant's ignorance of the mens rea element of the offense with which he is charged renders his guilty plea involuntary as a matter of constitutional law.
This is one of those enigmatic decisions in which the D.C. Circuit reversed a gun conviction based on ...
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