Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Proctor v. United States
Proctor v. United States, 434 U.S. 941 (1977)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1977-11-07
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- legal impossibility of burglary because defendant was present in the building with the consent of the landlord no defense to the crime of attempted burglary
- independent corroboration of innocent facts can predicate a finding of probable cause for the warrant
- conviction of attempted bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2113(a)
- conviction of attempted bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)
- wherein the court held that "either type of conduct [reconnoitering or possession of materials to be used in the crime], standing alone, was sufficient as a matter of law to constitute a 'substantial step' if it strongly corroborated [the accused's] criminal purpose"
Citator
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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.