18 U.S.C. § 1
SHORT TITLE.
“This Act [enacting and amending provisions set out as notes under section 3551 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Parole Commission Phaseout Act of 1996’.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 385
cases (13 in the last 5 years), 1929–2025 · leading case: Frank v. United States
Frank v. United States (1969)
“In other words, Congress decided that petty offenses may be punished by any combination of penalties authorized by 18 U. S. C. § 1 and 18 U. S. C. § 3651 . Therefore, *151 the maximum penalty authorized in petty offense cases is not simply six months' imprisonment and a $500…”
United States v. James D. Soderna (1996)
“Thus, in case after case the Supreme Court has determined the seriousness of an offense by considering its maximum authorized penalty in light of Congress’s statutory definition of “petty offense” in 18 U.”
United States v. Ali Ahmed Hamdan and Shirley Ann Bush (1977)
“The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has held that if the accused is an individual, the line of demarcation between serious and petty offenses for purposes of the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial should be drawn in accordance with the standard provided by…”
Carter v. United States (2000)
“As the Third Circuit has recognized, "it seems that the deletion of `feloniously' was a result of Congress' effort to delete references to felonies and misdemeanors from the code, inasmuch as both terms were defined in 18 U. S. C. § 1 ," a statute that has since been repealed.”
International Union, United Mine Workers v. Bagwell (1994)
“does not exceed imprisonment for a period of six months or a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individual and $10,000 for a person other than an individual, or both") (repealed 1984).”
Baldwin v. New York (1970)
“[12] 18 U. S. C. § 1 . [13] Frankfurter & Corcoran, n.”
Cheff v. Schnackenberg (1966)
“" According to 18 U. S. C. § 1 (1964 ed.), "[a]ny misdemeanor, the penalty for which does not exceed imprisonment for a period of six months" is a "petty offense.”
Lockhart v. United States (2016)
“2977 , 18 U.S.C. § 1 note. So every indication, in 1998 no less than in 1996, was that all the predicate crimes relate to children alone.”
United States v. Jesus Martin Caicedo-Cuero (2002)
“” 30 Caicedo explains that § 3559(a) is a recodi-fication of 18 U.S.C. § 1 (1), which, prior to its repeal, provided that “[a]ny offense punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year is a felony.”
Muniz v. Hoffman (1975)
“Local 70 insists that where a fine of this magnitude is imposed, a contempt cannot be considered a petty offense within the meaning of 18 U. S. C. § 1 (3), and that its demand for a jury trial was therefore erroneously denied.”
Duncan v. Louisiana (1968)
“[32] 18 U. S. C. § 1 . [33] Indeed, there appear to be only two instances, aside from the Louisiana scheme, in which a State denies jury trial for a crime punishable by imprisonment for longer than six months.”
Philip Landry v. Judge J. Robert Hoepfner and William Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of Louisiana (1988)
“at 1453, and went on to observe: “In the federal system, petty offenses are defined as those punishable by no more than six months in prison and a $500 fine [citing 18 U.S.C. § 1 ]. In 49 of the 50 states crimes subject to trial without a jury .”
— 18 U.S.C. § 1(3) — 2 cases
United States v. Au Young (1956)
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