Legal Opinion

Milanovich v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 20, 1961No. 79PublishedCited by 303 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart

The petitioners are husband and wife. They were both convicted in a Federal District Court for stealing several thousand dollars in currency from a commissary store at a United States Naval Base. The wife was convicted also on a separate count for receiving and concealing the stolen currency.1 Both petitioners were sentenced to prison on the larceny conviction, the husband for a term of five years, and the wife for a ten-year term. In addition, the wife received a five-year concurrent sentence on the receiving count.

Throughout the trial counsel for the petitioners consistently maintained the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Heflin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. Mike Milanovich and Virginia Milanovich v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
  3. Aaronson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
  4. Jenkins v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Metcalf v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1929

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3Cited by303 opinions

  1. United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Jeffers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Perry v. LeekeSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Miranda v. AnchondoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
  5. People v. McFarlandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962

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