Staples v. United States

Staples v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 30, 1993 Decided May 23, 1994
Full case name	Harold E Staples III v. United States
Citations	511 U.S. 600 (more)
Holding
A conviction of possessing an unregistered machine gun requires mens rea in that the defendant knew the weapon was fully automatic.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Harry Blackmun · John P. Stevens Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Case opinions
Majority	Thomas, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter
Concurrence	Ginsburg (in judgment), joined by O'Connor
Dissent	Stevens, joined by Blackmun
Laws applied
National Firearms Act

Staples v. United States, 511 U.S. 600 (1994), was a case where the United States Supreme Court ruled that the crime of possessing an unregistered machine gun requires knowledge that the firearm is a machine gun under the National Firearms Act.