Pereira v. United States
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Pereira v. United States, 347 U.S. 1
(1954), was a case
decided by the Supreme Court of the United States
holding that the word "knowingly" in the federal mail fraud statute (18 U.S.C. §1341) should extend to all reasonably foreseeable consequences, even ones not specifically intended.
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(1954), was a case
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decided by the Supreme Court of the United States
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holding that the word "knowingly" in the federal mail fraud statute (18 U.S.C. §1341) should extend to all reasonably foreseeable consequences, even ones not specifically intended.