MT · jury_instructions
Mont. Crim. Jury Instr. 2-108 (2022)
Mental State Inference
Purpose and knowledge ordinarily may not be proved directly because there is no way of fathoming or scrutinizing the operations of the human mind. But you may infer the Defendant's state of mind, including his/her purpose and knowledge, from the Defendant's acts and all other facts and circumstances in evidence which indicate his/her state of mind.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.mt.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2009
- Content hash
361a47f6159f6d1cfb52db42c8eea6fb47a455c5e0684f1e15c247022c680f20
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