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· 2/13/1987

United States v. Otis Palmer

Citations

  • 809 F.2d 1504
  • 22 Fed. R. Serv. 702
  • 59 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 619
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 2141

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that section 7203 achieved “legitimate governmental ends” of recovering prosecution costs without “needlessly chilling the exercise of constitutional rights”
  • holding imposition of costs as P punishment to be constitutional
  • holding imposition of costs as punishment to be constitutional
  • holding imposition of costs as punishment to be constitutional
  • holding imposition of costs as punishment to be constitutional
  • the mere possibility of a substantial increase in penalty does not have an impermissibly chilling effect on the exercise of a defendant’s constitutional rights

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Judges: Vance, Edmondson, Allgood

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