United States v. Oglivie

Oglivie supplies the two different mistake of fact rules for a specific intent crime and a general intent crime. Please write down the exact rule and understand how they differ--especially by seeing how the court applies them to the facts before it. If we were to analogize to the MPC, what mens rea would each be closest to?

United States Army Court of Military Review

29 M.J. 1069

ACMR 8901244

1990-02-14

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