· 9/20/1973
Sammie L. Nelson v. John Moriarty, Superintendent of Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, Massachusetts
Citations
- 484 F.2d 1034
- 1973 U.S. App. LEXIS 7818
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- discussing the court's \concomitant duty to develop constitutional rights under the Alaska Constitution\
- “The effect of mens rea and mistake on state criminal law has generally been left to the discretion of the states.”
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Judges: Coffin, Mc-Entee, Campbell
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