Pereira v. United States

Pereira v. United States
Pereira v. United States
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 20, 1953; Decided February 1, 1954
Full case name	Pereira, et al. v. United States
Citations	347 U.S. 1 (more) 74 S. Ct. 358; 98 L. Ed. 435; 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2623
Holding
	The word "knowingly" in the federal mail fraud statute (18 U.S.C. § 1341) should extend to all reasonably foreseeable consequences, even ones not specifically intended.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed; Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas; Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton; Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
Majority	Warren, joined by Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton, Clark
Concur/dissent	Minton, joined by Black, Douglas
	Reed took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
	18 U.S.C. § 1341

Pereira v. United States, 347 U.S. 1 (1954), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the word "knowingly" in the federal mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341,^[1] should extend to all reasonably foreseeable consequences, even ones not specifically intended.^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ 18 U.S.C. § 1341.
^ Pereira v. United States, 347 U.S. 1 (1954).
^ Bonnie, R.J. et al. Criminal Law, Second Edition. Foundation Press, New York, NY: 2004, p. 187

External links[edit]

Text of Pereira v. United States, 347 U.S. 1 (1954) is available from: Justia Library of Congress

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[1] 18 U.S.C. § 1341.

[2] Pereira v. United States, 347 U.S. 1 (1954).

[3] Bonnie, R.J. et al. Criminal Law, Second Edition. Foundation Press, New York, NY: 2004, p. 187

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