Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Brooks v. United States
450 U.S. 927
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1981-02-23
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- stating that a court must reconcile the rule that a prosecutor has broad discretion to file charges where there is probable cause with the rule that vindictive conduct by prosecutors is unacceptable and requires control
- additional charge of conspiracy filed after defendant admitted to bail pending trial held not to activate presumption of prosecutorial vindictiveness
Citator
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- 7 opinions
C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.