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.