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· 9/15/1833

Kerns v. Swope

Citations

  • 2 Watts 75

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  • “the mere establishment of the fact that the defendant had a mental age of a child of thirteen would not entitle him to the benefit of the presumption that he was incapable of forming a criminal intent”

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Judges: Gibson, Huston

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