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U.S. v. Resendez-Mendez, No. 00-40585 (5th Cir.) (251 F.3d 514) (May 15, 2001) (Judge Jacques L. Jr. Weiner)

Loaded on May 1, 2001 published in Punch and Jurists May 28, 2001
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Vindictive Prosecution/Sentencing.

Here the Court vacated a harsher sentence imposed on a defendant following a successful appeal, holding that the court’s subjective reasons for the increased sentence were not sufficient to overcome a “presumption of vindictiveness".

In this case, the Fifth Circuit gave some meaningful teeth to the “presumption of vindictiveness” that ...

 

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