Opinion

Valdez v. California Selective Service Local Board No. 44

  • 411 U.S. 918
  • 93 S. Ct. 1557
  • 36 L. Ed. 2d 311
  • 1973 U.S. LEXIS 2869
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Apr 2, 1973
Status
Published
Cited by
68 cases
Authority
More cited than 99.2%

The court explained that the defendant “could only be sentenced for the offense to which he pleaded guflty. Had the court undertaken to penalize [the defendant] for other offenses as well, ‘it would run afoul of due process.’ ”

How later courts described this case

  • The court explained that the defendant “could only be sentenced for the offense to which he pleaded guflty. Had the court undertaken to penalize [the defendant] for other offenses as well, ‘it would run afoul of due process.’ ”
  • approving consideration of indictments pending on other charges

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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