Double jeopardy protection does not extend to sentencing increases because of the lack of relevance to the verdict.

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Double jeopardy protection does extend to sentencing because once a sentence has been set and finalized, increasing it on the same charges would violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which prohibits being tried or punished more than once for the same offense.

Double Jeopardy Protection Does Not Extend to Sentencing Increases Because