Legal Opinion
United States v. Kenneth O. Lippitt
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 16, 1999No. 98-2385PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
This is a challenge to the district court’s decision to add forty-seven months to Kenneth Lippitt’s prison term for failing to pay a criminal fine ordered in conjunction with his original drug-related sentence. As part of the court’s attempt to compel payment of the fine, Lippitt has been held in civil contempt for over two years, tolling the running of his original sentence. Because he considers the contempt order punitive, Lippitt claims that the new sentence violates the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment by imposing a second punishment for the same offense.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. HalperSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Shillitani v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Hudson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Helvering v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by25 opinions
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