Schmuck v. U.S., No. 87-6431 (U.S. Supreme Court) (489 U.S. 705; 109 S.Ct. 1443) (March 22, 1989) (Justice Blackmun)
In this case the Court held the offense of tampering with an odometer, in violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 1984 and 1990c(a), is not a lesser included offense of mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The Court explained that mail fraud requires two elements - (1) having devised or ...
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