No. 21-5853
Noah Gaston v. Maine
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-culpability due-process fourteenth-amendment general-intent intent mens-rea murder murder-statute specific-intent
Latest Conference:
2021-10-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Does Maine's murder statute violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution because it does not require the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Noah Gaston knew it was his wife and not an intruder because Maine law defines knowing as a general intent only requiring actus reus?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does Maine's murder statute violate the Fourteenth Amendment because it does not require the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Noah Gaston knew it was his wife and not an intruder?
Docket Entries
2021-11-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
2021-10-04
Waiver of right of respondent State of Maine to respond filed.
2021-09-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 1, 2021)
Attorneys
Noah Gaston
Robert Clayton Andrews — Robert C. Andrews Esquire, PC, Petitioner
State of Maine
Donald William Macomber — Maine Office of the Attorney General, Respondent