Legal Opinion
United States v. Tallice Andrews and Thurston Brooks
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1980No. 78-5166PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Circuit Judge.
The simple and undisputed facts of this case present interesting questions regarding the limits of prosecutorial discretion. Specifically, we are called upon to apply the doctrine of “prosecutorial vindictiveness” outlined in Blackledge v. Perry, 417 U.S. 21, 94 S.Ct. 2098, 40 L.Ed.2d 628 (1974). A panel of this Court considered this question and produced three separate opinions without any consensus. United States v. Andrews, 612 F.2d 235 (6th Cir. 1979). Given the importance of the issue and the division of the panel, we granted the parties’ cross-petitions for…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Chaffin v. StynchcombeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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