Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania v. Goldhammer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 12, 1985No. 84-1852PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Per curiam
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held below that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the *29United States Constitution barred the resentencing of respondent. 507 Pa. 236, 489 A. 2d 1307 (1985). We grant certiorari, and, on the basis of our decision in United States v. DiFrancesco, 449 U. S. 117 (1980), we reverse and remand. The motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted.
Respondent was convicted in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on 56 counts of forgery and 56 counts of theft. He was sentenced by the trial court to two-to-five years of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Wyrick v. FieldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Maggio v. FulfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Commonwealth v. GoldhammerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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