Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Pecora v. Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission
Pecora v. Pa. Legis. Reapportionment Comm’n, 505 U.S. 1207 (1992)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1992-06-22
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- applying the rule of construction that, if a criminal statute does not specify a “heightened mental element,” such as specific intent, general intent is presumed to be the required element
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Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.