Blueford v. Arkansas, No. 10-1320 (U.S. Supreme Court) (566 U.S. 599; 132 S.Ct. 2041) (May 24, 2012) (Justice (John G.) Roberts)
Here, the Court limited the application of the Double Jeopardy Clause to cases in which the jury has rendered a "final decision"; and held that a defendant could be retried for murder after the jurors at his first trial voted to acquit him of murder.
In this case, the Supreme ...
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