Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Green v. United States

Green v. United States, 474 U.S. 925 (1985)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1985-10-21
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • denying certio-rari in a case where defendant, a mentally retarded, with an IQ of 65 and mental abilities roughly equivalent to those of a ten-year-old child, had been tried and convicted of murder
  • White, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari and noting the circuit split on the issue
  • specific intent to defraud means to deceive or mislead, and does not include situations where act involved was the result of ignorance, mistake, or accident
  • White, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari and noting circuit split in which Second and D.C. Circuits, among others, hold that defendant is not entitled to separate good-faith instruction

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.