for The Hawall Bar Association
1. North Carolina v. Pearce, No. 413, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, February 24, 1969, Argued , June 23, 1969, Decided ** Together with No. 418, Simpson, Warden v. Rice, on certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
OVERVIEW: Due process of law required that defendants' convictions and sentences be reversed because the State failed to offer adequate reasons to impose increased sentences upon their reconvictions.
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