Legal Opinion
Wasman v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 3, 1984No. 83-173PublishedCited by 530 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtChief Justice Burger, joined by Justice White, Justice Rehnquist, and Justice O’Connor
> We granted certiorari to decide whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment was violated when a federal defendant was given a greater sentence after retrial following a successful appeal than he had been given after his original conviction because the sentencing court considered an intervening criminal conviction for acts committed prior to the original sentencing.
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Petitioner, an attorney, was indicted on four counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1341. Prior to trial on these charges, he was indicted, tried, and convicted of the unrelated offense of knowingly and…
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