· 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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