Friday, March 7, 2014
Supreme Court rules intent needed for aiding and abetting liability
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Wednesday in Rosemond v. United States [SCOTUSblog backgrounder] that defendants have to know in advance that their accomplices would use or carry a gun while committing a crime in order to be convicted under federal gun laws. Justus Rosemond was charged, among other things, for using a gun in connection with a drug trafficking charge, or aiding and abetting that offense in violation of 18 USC §§ 924(c)(1)(A) and 2...
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