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· 10/15/1883

Mansur v. Botts

Citations

  • 80 Mo. 651

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  • finding, under former statute, that defendant suffered no prejudice where State notified him prior to his first trial of its intent to seek extended sentencing and he had ample opportunity to refute State’s evidence and arguments as to why extended sentencing was warranted
  • “We decline to find that there exists a ‘reasonable likelihood’ that a sentencing judge who was not involved in the first trial would increase the sentence for the sake of vindicating a fellow judge.”
  • \We decline to find that there exists a `reasonable likelihood' that a sentencing judge who was not involved in the first trial would increase the sentence for the sake of vindicating a fellow judge.\
  • reciting standard applicable for judicial vindictiveness under Federal Constitution

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Judges: Philips

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