UNITED STATES v. CAMPOS-SERRANO

No. 70-46.

404 U.S. 293 (1971)

UNITED STATES v. CAMPOS-SERRANO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 20, 1971


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Bradford Reynolds argued the cause for the United States pro hac vice. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Wilson, Beatrice Rosenberg, and Roger A. Pauley.

John J. Cleary, by appointment of the Court, 401 U.S. 990, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, Joel M. Flaum, First Assistant Attorney General, and James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, filed a brief for the State of Illinois as amicus curiae urging reversal.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The respondent was convicted in a federal district court of possession of a counterfeit alien registration receipt card in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1546,1 and sentenced to a three-year prison term.2 The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction,

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