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· 10/11/1965

United States v. John Christopher Doyle

Citations

  • 348 F.2d 715

How courts have described this case

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

  • hearsay evidence of unproved criminal activity not passed on by a court may be considered in sentencing
  • hearsay evidence of unproved criminal activity not passed on by a court may be considered in sentencing
  • “To argue that the presumption of innocence is affronted by considering unproved criminal activity is as implausible as taking the double jeopardy clause to bar reference to past convictions”
  • habitual misconduct, whether or not it resulted in conviction

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Judges: Waterman, Friendly, Smith

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