Abney v. U.S., No. 75-6521 (U.S. Supreme Court) (431 U.S. 651; 97 S.Ct. 2034) (June 9, 1977) (Justice Burger)
Here, the Supreme Court held that denial of a pretrial motion to dismiss an indictment on double jeopardy grounds is immediately reviewable in the court of appeals as a "collateral order" under Cohen. The Supreme Court permitted a criminal defendant to appeal the denial of his motion to dismiss the ...
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