Legal Opinion
United States v. DiFrancesco
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 9, 1980No. 79-567PublishedCited by 1,493 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blaokmun
The Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-452, 84 Stat. 922, contains, among other things, a definition of “dangerous special offender,” 18 U. S. C. §§ 3575 (e) and (f);1 authorizes the imposition of an increased sentence upon *119a convicted dangerous special offender. § 3575 (b); and grants the United States the right, under specified conditions, to *120take that sentence to the Court of Appeals for review, § 3576.2 The issue presented by this case is whether § 3576, *121authorizing the United States so to appeal, violates the Double Jeopardy Clause3 of the Fifth Amendment of the…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by1,493 opinions
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