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U.S. v. Sterba, No. 97-441-CR-T-23E (M.D.Fla.) (22 F.Supp.2d 1333) (August 13, 1998) (Judge Steven D. Merryday)

This is an important case in which the Court extended the Supreme Court's ruling in Oregon v. Kennedy, by holding that a defendant who is forced to move for a mistrial due to intentional misconduct may invoke the double jeopardy clause.

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