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knowing conversion

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United States Supreme Court

knowing conversion requires more than knowledge that defendant was taking the property into his possession. He must have had knowledge of the facts, though not necessarily the law, that made the taking a conversion.

Defined by the Supreme Court in - Morissette v. United States, 342 U.S. 246 (1952).