United States v. Gerald Vontsteen, A/K/A Skip Vontsteen

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1992-01-07

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CLARK, Chief Judge, with whom POLITZ, KING and E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judges, join dissenting: The text for appellate decision-making in today’s case, found in North Carolina v. Pearce, states: Due process of law, then, requires that vindictiveness against a defendant for having successfully attacked his first conviction must play no part in…

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