Chaffin v. Stynchcombe

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1973-05-21

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*18 Mr. Justice Powell delivered the opinion of the Court. A writ of certiorari was granted in this case to consider whether, in those States that entrust the sentencing responsibility to the jury, the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment bars the jury from rendering higher sentences on retrials following reversals of prior convictions. In Nor…

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