State v. Tippetts

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that conviction for supplying contraband in a correctional facility requires a showing the defendant voluntarily introduced the contraband
• holding that conviction for supplying contraband in a correctional facility requires a showing the defendant voluntarily introduced the contraband
• overturning the defendant’s conviction on the grounds that he had not committed the required “voluntary act,” which the court defined as an act “performed or initiated by the defendant”
• “[Police officer’s] act of arresting [the] defendant and transporting him to jail was an intervening cause [that alleviated the] defendant’s criminal liability.”
• “[Police officer’s] act of arresting [the] defendant and transporting him to jail was an intervening cause [that alleviated the] defendant’s criminal liability.”
• decided under a statute codifying voluntary act requirement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).