Commonwealth v. Corliss, J.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that it violates the Due Process Clause for a prosecutor to increase charges in response to a defendant's exercise of his right to appeal
• holding that it violates the Due Process Clause for a prosecutor to increase charges in response to a defendant’s exercise of his right to appeal
• holding that vindictiveness could be presumed where prosecutors brought additional charges after a defendant appealed his conviction
• holding that prosecutor’s decision to bring felony charges after defendant exercised state right of trial de novo violated due process
• holding that prosecutor's decision to bring felony charges after defendant exercised state right of trial de novo violated due process
• holding that the due process protection against judicial vindictiveness also extends to post-trial prosecutorial vindictiveness.

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