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UNITED STATES v. GOODWIN

No. 80-2195.

457 U.S. 368 (1982)

UNITED STATES v. GOODWIN

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Frey argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Assistant Attorney General Jensen, Deputy Solicitor General Shapiro, and Robert J. Erickson.

Paul W. Spence, by appointment of the Court, 454 U.S. 1138, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves presumptions. The question presented is whether a presumption that has been used to evaluate a judicial or prosecutorial response to a criminal defendant's exercise of a right to be retried after he has been convicted should also be applied to evaluate a prosecutor's pretrial response to a defendant's demand for a jury trial.

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