McCray v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
276 F.2d 705 · 1960
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2
cited by 2 later decisions
April 2015
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
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“When, as here, the offenses charged are substantive offenses and the defendants admit that they committed them, there is no room or place for purging guilt by abandonment of the criminal act and renunciation of the criminal intent. There is only place and time for a full confession of guilt and a plea for mitigation and mercy, based upon a sincere repentance and the promise of fruits worthy of such repentance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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