Legal Opinion
Schacht v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 25, 1970No. 628PublishedCited by 262 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
The petitioner, Daniel Jay Schacht, was indicted in a United States District Court for violating 18 U. S. C. § 702, which makes it a crime for any person “without authority [to wear] the uniform or a distinctive part thereof ... of any of the armed forces of the United States . ...”1 He was tried and convicted by a jury, and on February 29, 1968, he was sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and to serve a six-month prison term, the maximum sentence allowable under 18 U. S. C. § 702. There is no doubt that Schacht did wear distinctive parts of the uniform of the United States Army2 and that he was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Heflin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Taglianetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. Jarrett Vander Smith, Jr., and Daniel Jay SchachtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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