''Biddle v. Perovich'', 274 U.S. 480 (1927), was a

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case in which the Court held that under his power "to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the

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" (Article II, Section 2), the President may commute a sentence of death to life imprisonment without the convict's consent. '' Burdick v. United States'', 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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