United States v. White, Cr. No. 25582.
Citation | 295 F. Supp. 893 |
Decision Date | 26 December 1968 |
Docket Number | Cr. No. 25582. |
Parties | UNITED STATES of America v. Jessie James WHITE. |
Court | U.S. District Court — Northern District of Georgia |
Theodore E. Smith, Asst. U. S. Attorney, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff.
Paul L. Wayman, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant.
Defendant, a federal prisoner, was indicted for violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1791, which provides:
18 U.S.C.A. § 1791 is attacked as delegating to the Attorney General (and his wardens) the power, not merely to set standards as to what shall be contraband, but to declare that contraband shall exist, with full criminal consequences, at his whim or notion at whatever time he should choose. Defendant urges that the Attorney General has in fact done this by 28 C.F.R. Chapter I, Part 6, as italicized above, in prohibiting the transmission of anything whatsoever, and thereby allowing a warden to declare any act of transmission criminal at any time.
A legislative body may validly provide a criminal penalty for violations of regulations which it may empower administrative agencies to enact. Avent v. United States, 266 U.S. 127, 45 S.Ct. 34, 69 L.Ed. 202 (1924); McKinley v. United States, 249 U.S. 397, 39 S.Ct. 324, 63 L.Ed. 668 (1919). As to the statute before the court, it was declared constitutional by the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Carter v. United States, 333 F.2d 354 (1964). In an opinion by Chief Judge Murrah, it was said:
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