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MOON v. MARYLAND

No. 267.

398 U.S. 319 (1970)

90 S.Ct. 1730

26 L.Ed.2d 262

MOON v. MARYLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 1970

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Anthony Jacques argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Edward F. Borgerding, Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Francis B. Burch, Attorney General.

PER CURIAM.

"When at the behest of the defendant a criminal conviction has been set aside and a new trial ordered, to what extent does the Constitution limit the imposition of a harsher sentence after conviction upon retrial?" This was the question the Court dealt with last Term in North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711. We held in that case that there exists no absolute constitutional bar to the imposition of a harsher...

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