In United States v. Di Francesco, the Supreme Court upheld a statute that allowed the government to seek, through an appeal, an increase of the sentence imposed by the trial court. The Court found that the statute did not violate the protections of the double jeopardy clause against multiple trials and multiple punishment. The question of state initiated appeals assumes further significance when it is considered that proposed revisions of the Federal Criminal Code include wider implementation of sentence appeals by the state
The Constitutionality of the Trial de Novo System. The legal challenge to the constitutionality of t...
Every state provides appellate review of criminal judgments, yet little research examines which fact...
In certain circumstances, federal district court judges impose criminal sentences that are required ...
In the landmark decision of United States v. DiFrancesco, the Supreme Court, in a five-to-four decis...
Every now and then a case ·comes along that tests the fundamental premises of a body of law. United ...
The statute allowing the government to appeal from some forms of trial court defeat in criminal case...
This Recent Development first traces the evolution of the double jeopardy doctrine. The Recent Devel...
Developing as a result of a period when an accused person was placed at a tremendous disadvantage at...
In Arizona ;. Manypenny, the United States Supreme Court held that the federal appeals statute, 28 U...
In the 1986 legislative session, the Virginia General Assembly attempted to produce a constitutional...
This article considers whether a statute or rule of court allowing the prosecution to appeal a direc...
This Article is the first to analyze critically the jurisdictional basis for the Supreme Court’s man...
Although founding its decision upon the present inapplicability of the double jeopardy clause to the...
In State v. Brackett, the defendant was charged with kidnapping, gross sexual assault, burglary, and...
This Article is the first to analyze critically the jurisdictional basis for the Supreme Court’s man...
The Constitutionality of the Trial de Novo System. The legal challenge to the constitutionality of t...
Every state provides appellate review of criminal judgments, yet little research examines which fact...
In certain circumstances, federal district court judges impose criminal sentences that are required ...
In the landmark decision of United States v. DiFrancesco, the Supreme Court, in a five-to-four decis...
Every now and then a case ·comes along that tests the fundamental premises of a body of law. United ...
The statute allowing the government to appeal from some forms of trial court defeat in criminal case...
This Recent Development first traces the evolution of the double jeopardy doctrine. The Recent Devel...
Developing as a result of a period when an accused person was placed at a tremendous disadvantage at...
In Arizona ;. Manypenny, the United States Supreme Court held that the federal appeals statute, 28 U...
In the 1986 legislative session, the Virginia General Assembly attempted to produce a constitutional...
This article considers whether a statute or rule of court allowing the prosecution to appeal a direc...
This Article is the first to analyze critically the jurisdictional basis for the Supreme Court’s man...
Although founding its decision upon the present inapplicability of the double jeopardy clause to the...
In State v. Brackett, the defendant was charged with kidnapping, gross sexual assault, burglary, and...
This Article is the first to analyze critically the jurisdictional basis for the Supreme Court’s man...
The Constitutionality of the Trial de Novo System. The legal challenge to the constitutionality of t...
Every state provides appellate review of criminal judgments, yet little research examines which fact...
In certain circumstances, federal district court judges impose criminal sentences that are required ...