Backun v. United States

Backun v. United States
Backun v. United States
Court	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Full case name	Backun v. United States
Decided	June 10, 1940
Citation(s)	112 F.2d 635
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting	John J. Parker, Morris Ames Soper, Armistead Mason Dobie
Case opinions
Majority	Parker, joined by Dobie
Concurrence	Soper

Backun v. United States, 112 F.2d 635 (4th Cir. 1940),^[1] is a criminal case that held that the mental element for complicity in a crime is that the accessory had knowledge that aiding or abetting would facilitate the criminal act of the principal, and did not require the accomplice have the same purpose as the principal.^[2] The case is contrasted with the Second Circuit case of United States v. Peoni, which held the opposite.^[2]

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^ Backun v. United States, 112 F.2d 635 (4th Cir. 1940). This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.
^ ^a ^b John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, page 761. ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1

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[1] Backun v. United States, 112 F.2d 635 (4th Cir. 1940). This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.

[CL-2] John Kaplan, Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, page 761. ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1

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