The Yates and Noto decisions undermined the Smith Act and marked the beginning of the end of CPUSA membership inquiries.[165] When the trials came to an end in 1958, 144 people had been indicted, resulting in 105 convictions, with cumulative sentences totaling 418 years and $435,500 ($4,108,872 in 2018 dollars[73]) in fines.[166] Fewer than half the convicted communists served jail time.[3] The Smith Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2385, though amended several times, has not been repealed.[167]