Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Brooks v. Louisiana
484 U.S. 947
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1987-11-09
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- "specific intent is a state of mind and, as such, it need not be proven as a fact, but may be inferred from the circumstances of the transaction and the actions of the defendant"
- "Even if, as claimed, defendant did not personally pull the trigger, his presence and assistance ... provided a basis from which the jurors could have concluded that he actively acquiesced in th[e] use of deadly force."
Citator
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- 220 opinions
Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied.