Legal Opinion
Durham v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 8, 1971No. 5928Published
1Opinion of the Court
401 U.S. 481 (1971)
DURHAM
v.
UNITED STATES.
No. 5928.
Supreme Court of United States.
Decided March 8, 1971
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.
2Per curiam
Petitioner was convicted of having knowingly possessed a counterfeit $20 bill. After the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed his conviction he filed this petition for a writ of certiorari. We are now advised that petitioner has died.
It is true that the petition for certiorari is out of time under our Rule 22 (2), though timeliness under our rules, of course, presents no jurisdictional…
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3Cases cited13 opinions
- American Tobacco Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Durham v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Singer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Dorothy Crooker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
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