U.S. v. Bruce, No. 96-1652 (7th Cir.) (109 F.3d 323) (March 11, 1997) (Judge Harlington Jr. Wood)
Loaded on April 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
April 28, 1997
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
In this case, two defendants were charged with an assortment of crimes stemming from four separate armed bank robberies. The charges were severed into two trials. After they were convicted on all counts at the first trial, but before they were sentenced, the defendants moved to dismiss the remaining …
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