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· 3/20/2001

Chance v. Pac-Tel Teletrac Inc.

Citations

  • 242 F.3d 1151
  • 58 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1222
  • 2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2226
  • 2001 Daily Journal DAR 2817
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 4114
  • 2001 WL 267013

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • discussing Keats v. State, 64 P.3d 104, 107 (Wyo. 2003) (holding that arson is a specific-intent crime because it requires a malicious burning with intent to destroy or damage an occupied structure), and Holbrook v. State, 772 A.2d 1240, 1248 (Md. 2001
  • \Few areas of criminal law pose more difficulty than the proper definition of the mens rea required for any particular crime\ [citation omitted]
  • specific intent crimes require proof that defendant not only consciously intended to take certain actions, but also consciously intended certain consequences
  • jury instruction on specific intent was error, but it skewed in favor of defendant

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Judges: Fernandez, Wardlaw, Weiner

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