Are there any cases where a motive was not a factor in determining whether conduct was intentional?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from IN RE TERR. BOMBINGS OF US EMB. IN EAST AFRICA, 549 F.3d 146 (2nd Cir. 2008):
49 On the irrelevance of a motive to the question of whether conduct is intentional, see, for example, United States v. Washington, 705 F.2d 489, 493 (D.C.Cir. 1983) ("Proof of a good motive . . . is not probative on the issue of . . . intent.").
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