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State v Quick
S. Ct. S. Carolina, 1942
Author:- Sam
Biers
Facts: Df Intended to manufacture liquor but did not actually manufacture liquor.
Issue: Whether the lower court erred in refusing to direct a verdict of acquittal for lack of evidence to support unlawful manufacturing liquor?
Holding: No.
Procedure: Conviction for unlawful manufacture, reversed, with direction to enter verdict of not guilty for crime as charged.
Rule: Intent coupled with any overt act to satisfy the elements of the crime.
Ct Rationale: Intent alone not coupled with an overt act toward putting the intent into effect is not cognizable by the Court. The law does not concern itself with mere guilty intention, unconnected with any overt act.
PL A: The DF was intending to manufacture liquor.
Def A: Df did not manufacture liquor.