Posted On: December 5, 2007 by Mary Frances Prevost

FAILING TO OBJECT TO MULTIPLICITOUS SENTENCES IS NOT A BAR TO DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLAIM FOR CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENDANT

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING

US v. Zalapa, No. 06-50487

A defendant who fails to object in the district court to multiplicitous convictions and sentences does not waive his or her right to raise a double jeopardy challenge on appeal. Read more...