Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Barash v. United States

401 U.S. 938

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.