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Supreme Court· 2/21/1979

Reece v. United States

Citations

  • 440 U.S. 908
  • 59 L. Ed. 2d 456

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • mailings taking place after the object of the scheme has been accomplished are not sufficiently related to the plan to support a mail fraud conviction
  • mailings taking place after the object of the scheme has been accomplished are not sufficiently related to the plan to support a mail fraud conviction
  • recognizing certain areas in which the Register “has considerable expertise”
  • prosecutor's comment did not result in \clear error\ because of the \significant factor\ of the strength of the case against defendant
  • mail to victim to give appearance of legitimacy of business transaction is in furtherance of conspiracy
  • prosecutor’s comment did not result in “clear error” because of the “significant factor” of the strength of the case against defendant

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