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Lindsey v. Washington, 301 U.S. 397 (1937)
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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.
Lindsey v. Washington, 301 U.S. 397 (1937)
Lindsey v. Washington No. 660 Argued May 3, 1937 Decided May 17, 1937 301 U.S. 397
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON
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A state statute making more onerous the standard of punishment is post facto and void as applied to a crime committed before its enactment. P. 401.
Under the law of the Washington at the time of the alleged offense, imprisonment of the accused could have been fixed by the judge at less than the maximum of 15 years. By the law as amended and applied (c. 114, L.Wash. 1935), sentence for 15 years was made mandatory; a parole board was empowered to fix the duration of confinement within that period and to fix it anew within that period for infractions of the rules; even if paroled, the prisoner would remain subject to surveillance, and, until the expiration of the 15 years, his parole would be subject to revocation at the discretion of the board or the Governor.
187 Wash. 364, 61 P.2d 293, reversed.
Certiorari, 300 U.S. 652, to review the affirmance of a conviction of grand larceny.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Lindsey v. Washington, 301 U.S. 397 (1937) in 301 U.S. 397 Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YL6CNHU797VS6TL.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Lindsey v. Washington, 301 U.S. 397 (1937), in 301 U.S. 397, Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YL6CNHU797VS6TL.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Lindsey v. Washington, 301 U.S. 397 (1937). cited in 1937, 301 U.S. 397. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YL6CNHU797VS6TL.
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