U.S. v. Goodwin, No. 80-2195 (U.S. Supreme Court) (457 U.S. 368; 102 S.Ct. 2485) (June 18, 1982) (Justice Stevens)
In this case the Court held that a prosecutor's decision to file additional charges against a defendant after the defendant has refused to plead guilty does not give rise to a presumption of vindictive prosecution.
The facts of this case, as explained by Justice Brennan in his dissent, were as ...
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