United States v. McLaughlin, Rico

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[b]y using the word ‘thus,’ the Court clearly linked its reference [in the second sentence] to the previous sentence’s discussion”
• noting that in \unit of prosecution\ cases, the Blockburger test is not used
• relying on “the familiar principle of expressio unius est exclusio alterius, 8 the mention of one thing implies the exclusion of the other”
• “Several cases illustrate that where there is clear evidence of legislative intent, multiple sentences are possible even though a Blockburger analysis would indicate otherwise.”
• where list of offenses can serve as predicate, treat as if there is a separate provision for each offense on list
• where list of offenses can serve as predicate, treat as if there is a separate provision for each offense on list

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