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· 7/11/1986

United States v. Charles Townsend

Citations

  • 796 F.2d 158
  • 21 Fed. R. Serv. 71
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 27057

How courts have described this case

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  • fact that defendant received more severe sentence upon conviction than he would have under plea agreement does not establish judicial vindictiveness
  • “[T]he district court, by giving a strong cautionary instruction, insured [sic] that defendant would not be unfairly prejudiced by the testimony.”

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Judges: Kennedy, Milburn, Joiner

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