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Carter Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 19, 2000

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  1. Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections Vs. Yeskey US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1998
  2. United States Vs. Mosley US Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1915
  3. United States Vs. Turley US Supreme Court · Feb 25, 1957
  4. Carter v. United
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  5. States - 530 U.S. 255 (2000) October Term, 1999 Syllabus Carter V. United
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  6. b). Pp.260-274. (a) In Schmuck v. United
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  7. they mean something. Potter v. United
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  8. the anomaly, if it truly exists, is only an anomaly. It is doubtful that it rises to the level of absurdity. Cf. Green v. Bock
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  9. only when Congress makes use of a statutory term with established meaning at common law. See, e. g., Morissette v. United
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  10. when it sheds light on some ambiguous word or phrase in the statute itself. E. g., Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections v. Yeskey
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  11. statutes silent as to mens rea to include broadly applicable scienter requirements, see, e. g., United States v. X-Citement
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  12. s actus reus (here, the taking of property of another by force or violence or intimidation). See, e. g., Staples v. United
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  13. of this Court's approach to statutory interpretation, which begins by examining the text, see, e. g., Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos
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  14. Drilling Co., 505 U. S. 469, 475, not by psychoanalyzing those who enacted it, Bank One Chicago, N. A. v. Midwest
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  15. b) offense. Jones v. United
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  16. b)'s first paragraph. See, e. g., Castillo v. United
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  17. JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court. In Schmuck v. United
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  18. a). The District Court, relying 260 on United States v. Mosley
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  19. Ninth Circuit agrees with the Third that a lesser offense instruction is precluded in this context, see United States v. Gregory
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  20. F.2d 732 , 734 (CA9 1989), other Circuits have held to the contrary, see United States v. Walker
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  21. United States v. Brittain
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  22. U. S., at 716.2 The 1 We granted certiorari in Mosley to address the issue that we resolve today, Mosley v. United
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  23. Schmuck, 489 U. S., at 716, n. 8 (citing Keeble v. United
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  24. Potter v. United
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  25. only an anomaly. Petitioner does not claim, and we tend to doubt, that it rises to the level of absurdity. Cf. Green v. Bock
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  26. statute. This limited scope of the canon on imputing common-law meaning has long been understood. In Morissette v. United
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  27. an offense analogous to a commonlaw crime without using common-law terms. We made this clear in United States v. Wells
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  28. citation omitted).4 4 The dissent claims that our decision in United States v. Wells
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  29. of the statute (specifically, a recodification of numerous sections), 266 Similarly, in United States v. Turley
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  30. for guidance when the relevant statutory text does contain a term with an established meaning at common law. In Neder v. United
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  31. these federal statutes implicitly contain a materiality requirement as well. Id., at 23. Similarly, in Evans v. United
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  32. in the statute itself. Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections v. Yeskey
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  33. U. S. 206 , 212 (1998) (quoting Trainmen v. Baltimore
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  34. United States v. X-Citement
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  35. force and violence or intimidation). Before explaining why this is so under our cases, an example, United States v. Lewis
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  36. Staples v. United
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  37. X-Citement Video, supra, at 72. In Staples v. United
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  38. had the characteristics bringing it within the scope of the statute. Id., at 611-612. See also, e. g., Liparota v. United
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  39. intent crime, these courts have construed the statute to contain a general intent requirement. See United States v. Gonyea
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  40. statutory interpretation. In analyzing a statute, we begin by examining the text, see, e. g., Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos
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  41. Bank One Chicago, N. A. v. Midwest
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  42. supports conflicting inferences and provides scant illumination. 10 Carter claims further support in Prince v. United
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  43. to do so, since the taking-without-asportation scenario is no imagined hypothetical. See, e. g., State v. Boyle
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  44. us to conclude that the valuation requirement is an element of the first paragraph of subsection (b). See Castillo v. United
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  45. whatever authority defense counsel may possess to waive a defendant's constitutional rights, see generally New York v. Hill
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  46. that a lesser included offense instruction was properly withheld in this case under the elements-based test of Schmuck v. United
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  47. who has already been acquitted-or, indeed, convicted-by a jury of bank robbery on the same facts. See Blockburger v. United
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  48. Almendarez-Torres v. United
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  49. States, 523 U. S. 224 , 234 (1998) (quoting Trainmen v. Baltimore
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  50. federal criminal laws in accordance with their common-law origins, if Congress has not directed otherwise. See Neder v. United
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