Is a harsher sentence imposed as punishment for a defendant's assertion of his right to trial?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Smith, 899 F.2d 1226 (9th Cir. 1990):

We review de novo whether a harsher sentence was imposed as punishment for a defendant's assertion of his right to trial. United States v. Morris, 827 F.2d 1348, 1352 (9th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1017 (1988).

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