Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Malone v. United States
Malone v. United States, 419 U.S. 1124 (1975)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1975-01-20
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- defendant prohibited from associating with the Irish Republican Army and from going to certain Irish pubs
- denial of bail pending appeal because defendant advocated illegal drug use held unconstitutional denial of freedom of speech
- “A convicted criminal may be reasonably restricted as part of his sentence with respect to his associations in order to prevent his future criminality.”
- “[I]f a person acts without reasonable ground for belief that his conduct is lawful, it is for the jury to decide whether he acted in good faith or whether he willfully intended to fail to file a tax return.”
- prohibiting operation of a lawful business
- failure to file tax returns
Citator
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.