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Affronti v. United States, 350 U.S. 79 (1955)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Affronti v. United States, 350 U.S. 79 (1955)
Affronti v. United States No. 71 Argued November 15, 1955 Decided December 5, 1955 350 U.S. 79
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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Under 18 U.S.C. § 3651, after a sentence of consecutive terms on multiple counts of an indictment has been imposed and service of sentence for the first such term has commenced, a federal district court may not suspend sentence and grant probation as to the remaining term or terms. United States v. Murray, 275 U.S. 347. Pp. 79-84.
(a) The legislative history of this section does not require a different result. Pp. 81-82, 84.
(b) The probationary power ceases with respect to all of the sentences composing a single cumulative sentence immediately upon imprisonment for any part of the cumulative sentence. Pp. 82-83.
(c) The provisions for probation should be interpreted to avoid, so far as possible, duplicating other existing provisions for the mitigating of criminal sentences. P. 84.
221 F.2d 150 affirmed.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Affronti v. United States, 350 U.S. 79 (1955) in 350 U.S. 79 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CICBAT4M2899BS9.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Affronti v. United States, 350 U.S. 79 (1955), in 350 U.S. 79, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CICBAT4M2899BS9.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Affronti v. United States, 350 U.S. 79 (1955). cited in 1955, 350 U.S. 79. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CICBAT4M2899BS9.
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