James M. Walsh v. Philip J. Picard, Superintendent, Etc.’s Empirical Analysis
446 F.2d 1209 · 1971
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
3
states following
August 1982
most recently cited
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Yick Wo v. Hopkins · Cannon v. United States · United States v. Tateo · Rinaldi v. Yeager
Most-quoted passages
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“the Massachusetts procedure does not permit the state to reopen the question of sentence on its own initiative. Were it to do so, it would of course violate the proscription against double jeopardy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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