Legal Opinion
Joy M. Chandler v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1972No. 72-1702PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
In this case we must determine the legality of the action of a district judge, who, when faced with petitioner’s motion to reduce or vacate a clearly excessive sentence on one count of a multicount conviction, reduced the sentence on. the one count and then raised an otherwise proper and unchallenged sentence on the second count. Finding the trial court’s action wholly incompatible with the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment, we reverse.
Petitioner was convicted in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas on a two count indictment for…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Eddie W. Patton v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Robert Eugene Kennedy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- United States v. Frank SaccoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by54 opinions
- United States v. Michael M. Busic, United States of America v. Anthony LaroccaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Robert Breest v. Raymond Helgemoe, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- United States v. HenryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Juan Munoz-Dela RosaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Steven A. Silvers, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
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