Heath v. Alabama, No. 84-5555 (U.S. Supreme Court) (474 U.S. 82; 106 S.Ct. 433) (December 3, 1985) (Justice O'Connor)
In this leading case under the Double Jeopardy Clause, the Court held that successive prosecutions by two states for the same conduct are not barred by double jeopardy because each is a separate and distinct "sovereign".
In this case, the majority held: "In applying the dual sovereignty doctrine, then, the ...
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