Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Wilson v. United States
28 L. Ed. 2d 654
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1971-04-19
- Topic
- general
affirming conviction despite the assumed fact that board members had not met the residency requirements, even assuming these requirements were mandatory rather than directory | affirming conviction despite the assumed fact that board members had not met the residency requirements, even assuming these requirements were mandatory rather than directory | the prosecution must present “substantial evidence which would tend to establish the trustworthiness of the statement” | "shall" usually denotes imperative, but court may consider background circumstances, context of statute, and intent of Congress | a defendant's plea of guilty to a particular offense does not waive privilege of self-incrimination as to other offenses arising out of same transaction | “shall” usually denotes imperative, but court may consider background circumstances, context of statute, and intent of Congress
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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.