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Baldasar v. Illinois, 446 U.S. 222 (1980)
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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.
Baldasar v. Illinois, 446 U.S. 222 (1980)
Baldasar v. Illinois No. 77-6219 Argued November 26, 1979 Decided April 22, 1980 446 U.S. 222
CERTIORARI TO THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS,
SECOND DISTRICT
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Held: While an uncounseled misdemeanor conviction is constitutionally valid if the offender is not incarcerated, such a conviction may not be used under an enhanced penalty statute to convert a subsequent misdemeanor into a felony with a prison term. Thus, petitioner’s uncounseled misdemeanor-theft conviction, even though it resulted only in a fine, cannot be used upon his later conviction for another misdemeanor theft to support a 1-to-3-year prison sentence under an Illinois statute authorizing such a sentence for a second misdemeanor-theft conviction.
52 Ill.App.3d 305, 367 N.E.2d 459, reversed and remanded.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Baldasar v. Illinois, 446 U.S. 222 (1980) in 446 U.S. 222 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6YRPL3L7ZU2YLUU.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Baldasar v. Illinois, 446 U.S. 222 (1980), in 446 U.S. 222, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6YRPL3L7ZU2YLUU.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Baldasar v. Illinois, 446 U.S. 222 (1980). cited in 1980, 446 U.S. 222. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6YRPL3L7ZU2YLUU.
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