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Greenwood v. United States, 350 U.S. 366 (1956)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Greenwood v. United States, 350 U.S. 366 (1956)
Greenwood v. United States No. 460 Argued January 25, 1956 Decided March 5, 1956 350 U.S. 366
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
Acting under 18 U.S. C. §§ 4244-4248, a Federal District Court held a hearing on the sanity of petitioner, who had been indicted for robbery of a post office and felonious assault on a postal employee and had been found by authorities of a medical center for federal prisoners to be insane and unlikely to recover in the near future. After considering conflicting testimony and reports of psychiatrists, the Court found that petitioner was insane and so mentally incompetent that he could not stand trial; that, if released, he probably would endanger the safety of the officers, property, or other interests of the United States; and that no suitable arrangements for his custody and care, other than commitment to the custody of the Attorney General, were available. The Court therefore committed petitioner to the custody of the Attorney General until his sanity should be restored or his mental condition so improved that, if released, he would not endanger the safety of the officers, property, or other interests of the United States, or until suitable arrangements could be made for his custody and care by the State of his residence.
Held: the District Court’s action is sustained. Pp. 367-376.
(a) The statute deals not only with problems of temporary mental disorder, but also with mental disability which seems more than temporary. Pp. 373-374.
(b) As here construed, the statute is within the power of Congress under the Necessary and Proper Clause, Art. I, § 8, cl. 18. Pp. 375-376.
219 F.2d 376 affirmed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Greenwood v. United States, 350 U.S. 366 (1956) in 350 U.S. 366 350 U.S. 367. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6FGY4VVVYDRLTT2.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Greenwood v. United States, 350 U.S. 366 (1956), in 350 U.S. 366, page 350 U.S. 367. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6FGY4VVVYDRLTT2.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Greenwood v. United States, 350 U.S. 366 (1956). cited in 1956, 350 U.S. 366, pp.350 U.S. 367. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6FGY4VVVYDRLTT2.
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