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Smith v. United States , 508 U.S. 223 (1993), is a United States Supreme Court case that held that the exchange of a gun for drugs constituted "use" of the firearm for purposes of a federal statute imposing penalties for "use" of a firearm "during and in relation to" a drug trafficking crime .
Anderson details her thesis of white backlash in the United States [1] and states that structural racism has brought about white anger and resentment. Her analysis of American history is that whenever African Americans gained social power, there was considerable backlash. [3]
Specifically, Cochran v. Kansas ruled in favor of a petitioner, who was a prisoner, who wished to file with the federal courts a writ of habeas corpus. Again, a similar instance preceded Bounds v. Smith. In Burns v. Ohio of 1959, the Supreme Court ruled that docket and other fees imposed on inmates were constitutional violations. [4] By 1963 ...
The Oklahoma court erred in ruling that Payne v. Tennessee (1991) "implicitly overruled" Booth v. Maryland (1987) in regards to the victim's family members' testimony of the defendant(s) and opinion(s) of the sentence. Payne did not specifically state this, and only the Supreme Court can overrule its own precedent.
Government prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith’s team file papers asking Judge Aileen Cannon to reconsider her “clear error” in granting a request from lawyers for former President ...
Smith v. United States , 568 U.S. 106 (2013), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States of America . [ 1 ] The case was argued on November 6, 2012, and decided on January 9, 2013.
Smith could refer to: Smith (1820) , 18 U.S. (5 Wheat.) 153 (1820), on the definition of piracy Smith (1888) , 124 U.S. 525 (1888), in the list of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 124
United States v. Smith, 286 U.S. 6 (1932), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that, after the United States Senate has confirmed the appointment of an officer of the United States and the President has issued the officer's commission, the Senate is without power to revoke its approval.