U.S. v. Freed, No. 345 (U.S. Supreme Court) (401 U.S. 601; 91 S.Ct. 1112) (April 5, 1971) (Justice Douglas)
Here the Court rejected application of one of the limited exceptions to the rule that ignorance of the law may be a defense (as established in Lambert v. California, 355 U.S. 225 (1957)) to a case involving the unregistered possession of hand grenades.
In Lambert v. California, 355 U.S. 225 ...
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