Court Opinion

ID: 9424298
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:11:08.298498+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:22:49.479189
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Mr. Justice Douglas,
dissenting.
Petitioner was first convicted of armed robbery in 1964 and received a 12-year sentence. On appeal the judgment was reversed. He was tried again in 1966 for armed robbery, again convicted, and this time received a sentence of 20 years. Under Md. Ann. Code, Art. 27, § 488 (1967 Repl. Yol..), the maximum punishment possible was 20 years. As I stated in my separate opinion in North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U. S. 711, 726, 727: “He [the defendant] risks the maximum permissible punishment when first tried. That risk having been faced once need not be faced again.” That is the respect I think is due the constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy.
I would reverse the judgment below.