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Bravo-Fernandez v. U.S., No. 15-537 (U.S. Supreme Court) (580 U.S. ___; 137 S.Ct. 352) (November 29, 2016) (Justice Ginsburg)

Loaded on Dec. 26, 2016 published in Punch and Jurists December 05, 2016
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In this case, a unanimous Supreme Court held that “the issue-preclusion component of the Double Jeopardy Clause does not bar the Government from retrying defendants, like petitioners, after a jury has returned irreconcilably inconsistent verdicts of conviction and acquittal and the convictions are later vacated for legal error unrelated to ...

 

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