Legal Opinion
United States v. Howard Tucker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 12, 1978No. 77-1789PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDS, District Judge.
Presented for review in this appeal is the question of the propriety of the lower court’s action, following a retrial, of imposing upon the defendant-appellant a sentence that is more severe than the sentence imposed after the initial trial where the defendant-appellant had successfully appealed his first conviction. For the reasons stated below, we find that the second sentence was improperly imposed and remand this action to the lower court with instructions to impose a sentence that is no greater than that imposed following the defendant’s first trial.
The defendant…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Colten v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Chaffin v. StynchcombeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by22 opinions
- United States v. Jerry WhaleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Louis GillissCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Bobby Gene Hayes, and Joseph WardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Milton L. Jacobs v. Supt. Walter Redman, Milton Lewis JacobsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Dorothy JeffersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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