Legal Opinion
United States v. Broce
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 23, 1989No. 87-1190PublishedCited by 1,474 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
We consider here the circumstances under which a defendant who has entered a plea of guilty to a criminal charge may assert a double jeopardy claim in a collateral attack upon the sentence. Respondents, upon entering guilty pleas, were convicted of two separate counts of conspiracy, but contend now that only one conspiracy existed and that double jeopardy principles require the conviction and sentence on the second count to be set aside. The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that respondents were entitled to introduce evidence outside the original record supporting…
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