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OCR: thar the rmost severe sentence allowed by law. Bullington V. Missouri, suDra 451 U.S 450 (Powell, dissenting) The past ptecedent of this Court has clearly held that the Double Jeopardy Clause does nat attach sentencing decisions even defendant receives greater sentence retrial fact this Court itself said that there ate "fundamental distinctions between sentence and acquittal, and fail recognize them ignore the particular significance of an acquittal. United States DiFrancesco supra, 449 133 "Thus it may be said with certainty that history demonstrates that the conrron law never ascribed such finality of a sentence" as does to guilt 10 innocence 114 There 16 no expectation of finality f sentence until an appeal 15 concluded or the time 10J ar appeal has expired 449 Bullington this Court its ...