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State v. Stevens

Citations

  • 633 P.2d 1225
  • 96 N.M. 627

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing the danger of a chilling effect on the right to trial by jury
  • rejecting a “pretrial presumption of vindictiveness” for 4 a prosecutor’s increase of charges after exercise of a right by a defendant
  • discussing the more recent doctrine of prosecutorial vindictiveness, which is rooted in Pearce
  • no presumption of vindictiveness when a prosecutor seeks to bring additional charges before the defendant has successfully asserted his legally protected rights at trial or on appeal

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Judges: Payne, Easley, Federici, Riordan, Sosa

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