Hyde v. United States

Hyde v. United States
Hyde v. United States
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 23–24, 1911; Reargued May 3, 1912; Decided June 10, 1912
Full case name	Hyde and Schneider v. United States
Citations	225 U.S. 347 (more) 32 S. Ct. 793; 56 L. Ed. 1114
Court membership
	Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.; William R. Day · Horace H. Lurton; Charles E. Hughes · Willis Van Devanter; Joseph R. Lamar · Mahlon Pitney
Case opinions
Majority	McKenna, joined by White, Day, Devanter, Pitney
Dissent	Holmes, joined by Lurton, Hughes, Lamar

Hyde v. United States, 225 U.S. 347 (1912), is a United States Supreme Court criminal case interpreting attempt.[1]^:688 The court held that for an act to be a criminal attempt, it must be so near the result that the danger of its success must be very large.[1]^:688 The court wrote, "There must be a dangerous proximity to success."[1]^:688

References

Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan (law professor), Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1,

External links

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[CL-1] Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, 7th ed. 2012, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; John Kaplan (law professor), Robert Weisberg, Guyora Binder, ISBN 978-1-4548-0698-1,