Morissette v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1952-01-07

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*247 Mr. Justice Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court. This would have remained a profoundly insignificant case to all except its immediate parties had it not been so tried and submitted to the jury as to raise questions both fundamental and far-reaching in federal criminal law,…

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