''Biddle v. Perovich'', 274 U.S. 480 (1927), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that under his power "to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States" (Article II, Section 2), the President may commute a sentence of death to life imprisonment without the convict's consent. ''

Burdick v. United States ''Burdick v. United States'', 236 U.S. 79 (1915), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that: * A pardoned person must introduce the pardon into court proceedings, otherwise the pardon must be disregarded by the court ...

'', 236 U.S. 79, limited page 274 U.S. 486. Response to a certificate of questions from the circuit court of appeals, arising upon review of a judgment of the district court in habeas corpus discharging Perovich from the Leavenworth Penitentiary.

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