Morissette v. U.S., No. 12 (U.S. Supreme Court) (342 U.S. 246; 72 S.Ct. 240) (January 7, 2052) (Justice Jackson)
In this case the Court interpreted 18 U.S.C. ยง 641 which sactions anyone who "embezzles, steals, purloins, or knowingly converts . . . any record, voucher, money or thing of value of the United States." The Court read a criminal intent requirement not only into the crimes that do not ...
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