29 Ala. App. 110 - Scott v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 1977
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Morningstar v. State · Ludlum v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"There is a marked distinction between a mere civil trespass and the crime of larceny. If a person, in good faith, takes the property of another, believing it to be legally his own, or that he has a legal right to its possession, he is not guilty of larceny, although his claim is based on a misconception of the law or his rights under the law, for although ignorance of the law and honest intentions cannot shield a person from civil liability for a trespass committed by him, yet they do protect him from criminal liability, by divesting the act of the felonious intent, without which it cannot be a crime. * * *"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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