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Smith v. Massachusetts, No. 03-8661 (U.S. Supreme Court) (543 U.S. 462; 125 S.Ct. 1129) (February 22, 2005) (Justice Scalia)

Loaded on Feb. 1, 2005 published in Punch and Jurists February 07, 2005
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In a decision that is highly fact-specific and that will have extremely limited precedential value, the Supreme Court held that Double Jeopardy principles barred a trial judge, after granting a motion finding insufficient evidence supported a gun count against a defendant when the prosecution rested its case, from changing his ...

 

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