--- title: "Shannon v. United States" citation: "Shannon v. United States, 512 U.S. 573 (1994)" authority_id: "AUTH-SCOTUS-SHANNON-512-US-573" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide" precedential_status: "binding" official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-512/pdf/USREPORTS-512-573.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-SCOTUS-SHANNON-512-US-573/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # Shannon v. United States ## Holding used No general federal jury instruction on insanity-acquittee commitment consequences, with a bounded corrective-instruction situation for a false impression of immediate release. ## Material limitation The actual arguments, instruction request, and misstatement determine whether a correction is implicated. ## Official source and pinpoints 512 U.S. 573, 579–88 (1994): ## Used in - [Competency, Insanity Procedure, and Speedy Trial](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/20-pretrial/competency-insanity-and-speedy-trial.md)