Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Barash v. United States

Barash v. United States, 401 U.S. 938 (1971)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1971-03-01
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • absent justification, Pearce prohibits an increase in the punishment imposed after a conviction on retrial regardless of the form— imprisonment, suspended sentence with probation, or fine
  • “no formal agreement is necessary to constitute an unlawful conspiracy; it is sufficient that a concert of action be contemplated and the defendants conform to the arrangement”
  • conspiracy to steal and distribute cars

Citator

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.