Legal Opinion
Jeffers v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 16, 1977No. 75-1805PublishedCited by 722 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Blackmun
This case involves the extent of the protection against multiple prosecutions afforded by the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment, under circumstances in which the defendant opposes the Government’s efforts to try charges under 21 U. S. C. §§ 846 and 848 in one proceeding. It also raises the question whether § 846 is a lesser included offense of § 848. Finally, it requires further explication of the Court’s decision in Iannelli v. United States, 420 U. S. 770 (1975).
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A. According to evidence presented at trial, petitioner Garland Jeffers was the head of a highly sophisticated…
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