Is it a federal error that crime requires general not specific intent rather than specific intent?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Manning, D074891 (Cal. App. 2019):
doubt"]; People v. Haley (2004) 34 Cal.4th 283, 314 [mistaken instruction that crime required general not specific intent is federal constitutional error].)
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