Albernaz v. United States
United States Supreme Court
450 U.S. 333 (1981)
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Albernaz (defendant) was convicted under two separate federal conspiracy statutes — one covering conspiracy to import marijuana, the other conspiracy to distribute it — both arising from a single underlying agreement, and received consecutive sentences totaling more than either statute's individual maximum. He argued the combined sentence violated the Double Jeopardy Clause by punishing him twice for one agreement.
IssueFree
Whether a defendant may be sentenced consecutively for a single agreement that violates both the federal statute prohibiting conspiracy to import marijuana and the federal statute prohibiting conspiracy to distribute marijuana.