Chaffin v. Stynchcombe, No. 71-6732 (U.S. Supreme Court) (412 U.S. 17; 93 S.Ct. 1977) (May 21, 1973) (Justice Powell)
In North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711(1969), the Supreme Court established the principle of presumptive vindictiveness by announcing a prophylactic rule requiring that "whenever a judge imposes a more severe sentence upon a defendant after a new trial, the reasons for his doing so must affirmatively appear." (Id., at ...
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