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· 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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