· 9/28/2023
Cabezas v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
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- holding that the Blockburger analysis, which concluded that two statutes punished the defendant for the same conduct, gave way to clear legislative intent to permit multiple punishments
- holding that \the Double Jeopardy Clause does no more than prevent the sentencing court from prescribing greater punishment than the legislature intended\
- holding that “the Double Jeopardy Clause does no more than prevent the sentencing court from prescribing greater punishment than the legislature intended”
- holding that “the Double Jeopardy Clause does no more than prevent the sentencing court from prescribing greater punishment than the legislature intended”
- holding that cumulative punishment does not run afoul of the Double Jeopardy Clause if the legislature specifically authorized it
- holding that the Blockburger analy- sis, which concluded that two statutes punished the defendant for the same conduct, gave way to clear legislative intent to permit multiple punishments
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Judges: Judge Carl J. Nichols
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