Chaffin v. Stynchcombe’s Empirical Analysis
455 F.2d 640 · 1972
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
3
states following
March 1977
most recently cited
13 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Brady v. United States · North Carolina v. Rice · United States v. Tateo · Stroud v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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““As the district court recognized it is possible to conceive of circumstances where a jury might wish to impose a harsher sentence upon retrial motivated by the type of vindictiveness denounced in Pearce . But a jury will normally be unaware of the prior trial, much less the sentence. Under the facts and circumstances presented in this case the likelihood of vindictiveness is so remote that we feel the burden must be upon the defendant to show that the jury acted out of vindictiveness in imposing an increased sentence.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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