McGloin v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the bona fide belief defense prevents conviction of the unintentional offender
• upholding the conviction of person found in nonpublic areas of a private apartment building, despite his excuse he was looking for a cat or a friend who lived in the building
• dismissing concern about unintentional violations of the statute, because “one who enters for a good purpose and with a bona fide belief of his right to enter is not guilty of unlawful entry”
• “[S]urely no one would contend that one may lawfully enter a private dwelling house simply because there is no sign or warning forbidding entry.”
• “[N]o one would contend that one may lawfully enter a private dwelling house simply because there is no sign or warning forbidding entry.”
• “[N]o one would contend that one may lawfully enter a private dwelling house simply because there is no sign or warning forbidding entry.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).