Legal Opinion
United States v. Cordoba-Hincapie
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 7, 1993No. CR 92-650, CR 92-1366PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. FACTS . CO OO ^
A. Cordoba-Hincapie. (X) 00 ^
B. Buelvas-Castro . G) CO ^
ii. LAW.. 489
A. The Mens Rea Principle. 489
1. Origins 489
2. Modern View . 492
a. Theory. 492
b. Exceptions. 495
i. Public-Welfare Offenses. 496
ii. Other Forms of Strict Liability. 497
iii. Negligence. 500
c. Model Penal Code. 501
d. Current Trends. 504
3. Constitutional Dimension.'. 505
a. Supreme Court Treatment. 505
i. Strict Liability. 506
ii. Mens Rea Generally. 509
iii. Other Cases . 513(a) First Amendment. 513(b) Void-for-Vagueness. 513(c) Actus Reus. 513
b. Due'Process…
2Cases cited86 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Mistretta v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by28 opinions
- United States v. Luis Humberto BarbosaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- United States v. SaffoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
- People v. LardieMichigan Supreme Court · 1996
- United States v. Valencia-GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- State v. A.M.Washington Supreme Court · 2019
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