Pereira v. United States

Pereira v. United States, 347 U.S. 1 (1954), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the word "knowingly" in the federal mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341,[1] should extend to all reasonably foreseeable consequences, even ones not specifically intended.[2][3]

Pereira v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 20, 1953
Decided February 1, 1954
Full case namePereira, et al. v. United States
Citations347 U.S. 1 (more)
74 S. Ct. 358; 98 L. Ed. 435; 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2623
Holding
The word "knowingly" in the federal mail fraud statute (18 U.S.C. § 1341) should extend to all reasonably foreseeable consequences, even ones not specifically intended.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
MajorityWarren, joined by Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton, Clark
Concur/dissentMinton, joined by Black, Douglas
Reed took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
18 U.S.C. § 1341

References
  1. 18 U.S.C. § 1341.
  2. Pereira v. United States, 347 U.S. 1 (1954).
  3. Bonnie, R.J. et al. Criminal Law, Second Edition. Foundation Press, New York, NY: 2004, p. 187


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