United States v. Eddie W. Jackson

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• stating that “the natural probable consequences of an act may satisfac- torily evidence the state of mind accompanying it, even when a particular mental attitude is a crucial element of the offense”
• “It is the endeavor to bring about the forbidden result, and not success in achieving the result, that Section 1503 makes a crime.”
• “normally, the natural probable consequences of an act may satisfactorily evidence the state of mind accompanying it . . We perceive nothing that would divert cases of the instant type from this branch of legal doctrine”
• “normally, the natural probable consequences of an act may satisfactorily evidence the state of mind accompanying it____ We perceive nothing that would divert cases of the instant type from this branch of legal doctrine”

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