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Tinder v. United States, 345 U.S. 565 (1953)
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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.
Tinder v. United States, 345 U.S. 565 (1953)
Tinder v. United States No. 113 Argued April 9-10, 1953 Decided May 25, 1953 345 U.S. 565
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
As it existed in 1950, 18 U.S.C. § 1708 made it an offense to steal from a mailbox any mail, letter, or "any article or thing contained therein." It provided that an offender shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, and provided further that, if the value of "any such article or thing" does not exceed $100, the offender shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Held: a defendant convicted in 1950 of theft from a mailbox of a letter not shown to have had a value of more than $100 was improperly sentenced to imprisonment for more than one year. Pp. 566-570.
(a) The words "article or thing" in the concluding proviso included letters; the Section does not distinguish between theft of mail and theft of an article or thing contained in a piece of mail. Pp. 567-569.
(b) The elimination of the concluding provision of § 1708 by the Act of July 1, 1952, 66 Stat. 314, is inapplicable to a prior conviction under that Section. P. 569.
193 F.2d 720, reversed.
Petitioner was convicted of mail theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708, and subsequently moved to vacate or correct the sentence. The District Court denied petitioner’s motion. The Court of Appeals affirmed. 193 F.2d 720. This Court granted certiorari. 343 U.S. 976. Reversed and remanded to the District Court for correction of sentence, p. 570.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Tinder v. United States, 345 U.S. 565 (1953) in 345 U.S. 565 345 U.S. 566. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=IJDQYTB9164EWRQ.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Tinder v. United States, 345 U.S. 565 (1953), in 345 U.S. 565, page 345 U.S. 566. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=IJDQYTB9164EWRQ.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Tinder v. United States, 345 U.S. 565 (1953). cited in 1953, 345 U.S. 565, pp.345 U.S. 566. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=IJDQYTB9164EWRQ.
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