Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:law
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| gptkbp:citation |
532 F.2d 697
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:date |
1976
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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| gptkbp:fullName |
United States of America v. James Allen Jewell
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| gptkbp:heldBy |
Deliberate ignorance and positive knowledge are equally culpable under the law.
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
United States v. Jewell
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| gptkbp:legalSubject |
gptkb:crime
mens rea willful blindness |
| gptkbp:level |
appellate court
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| gptkbp:plotSummary |
The case established that willful blindness can satisfy the knowledge requirement in criminal law.
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Willful_Blindness
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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