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· 8/5/1935

Robinson v. Edler

Citations

  • 78 F.2d 817
  • 1935 U.S. App. LEXIS 3869

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that diminished capacity is a defense only to specific intent crimes
  • holdingthat to violate a specific intent statute, the defendant must act \with the purpose of violating the law\
  • “insanity is a defense to all crimes, regardless of whether they require general or specific intent”
  • “we hold that the first paragraph of §2113(a) describes a general intent crime”

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Judges: Sure

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