Legal Opinion

Rinaldi v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 7, 1977No. 76-6194Published

1Opinion of the Court

434 U.S. 22 (1977)

RINALDI

v.

UNITED STATES.

No. 76-6194.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 7, 1977.

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.

2Per curiam

Petitioner's participation in a plot to rob safe-deposit boxes of the Doral Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., violated the laws of both the State of Florida and the United States. He has been tried, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment by both sovereigns. He claims that his federal conviction was obtained in violation of established federal policy against multiple prosecutions for the…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Bartkus v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. Abbate v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. United States v. LanzaSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. United States v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  5. Rinaldi v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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