Supreme Court· 1/11/1972

United States v. Tucker

Citations

404 U.S. 443
92 S. Ct. 589
30 L. Ed. 2d 592
1972 U.S. LEXIS 101

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holding that federal due process is violated when a sentence is imposed on the basis of \misinformation of constitutional magnitude\
holding that federal due process is violated when a sentence is imposed on the basis of “misinformation of constitutional magnitude”
holding that prisoner sentenced on basis of two prior unconstitutional convictions had to be resentenced
holding that a sentencing judge violates a person's rights when it considers vacated convictions when imposing its sentence
holding that sentence based in part on invalid uncounseled misdemeanor convictions violates Sixth Amendment
concluding that the sentencing transcript demonstrated the district court gave explicit consideration to the inaccurate number of previous convictions, and also actually relied on inaccurate information

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Judges: Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, Stewart

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