constructive offenses
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 299 U.S. 207 - United States v. Resnick · 1936Most cited · 311 citing opinions
Before one may be punished, it must appear that his case is plainly within the statute; there are no constructive offenses.
How often courts cite the case defining “constructive offenses”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “constructive offenses” — 311 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.