Witte v. U.S., No. 94-6187 (U.S. Supreme Court) (515 U.S. 389; 115 S.Ct. 2199) (June 14, 1995) (Justice O'Connor)
This is an important relevant conduct case which held that where Congress has authorized a partucular punishment range for a given crime, any punishment within that range constitutes punishment only for the crime of conviction for purposes of double jeopardy. Thus the Court concluded that the use of uncharged misconduct …
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