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· 11/18/1994

United States v. James Handford and Joshua Kirkwood

Citations

  • 39 F.3d 731

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • observing “the principle that the power to define criminal offenses and prescribe punishments . . . belongs solely to the legislature”
  • observing “the principle that the power to define criminal offenses and prescribe punishments . . . belongs solely to the legislature”
  • observing “the principle that the power to define criminal offenses and prescribe punishments . . . belongs solely to the legislature”
  • explaining why the Double Jeopardy Clause has been interpreted in this way

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Judges: Bauer, Kanne, Rovner

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