Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Bouker
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 2, 2001No. 00-3101, 00-3107 and 00-3133PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners Howard Scott Simpson, Roy L. Jensen, and John G. Hallock appeal the district court’s order denying their petitions for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioners argue their prosecutions for possession of marijuana, following the State of Kansas’ imposition of a penalty for failure to pay a drug tax pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 79-5201 thru 79-5212, violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. See U.S. Const, amend. V. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(a), and affirm.
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The Kansas Drug Tax Act (Act) imposes a…
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