All Articles tagged double jeopardy

• Justice Commentaries
  June 11, 2013 EDT
  DOUBLE JEOPARDY
  Salvatore R. MartocheDonald S. Stefanski

  This article addresses the question of what happens in New York when two counts are charged in the alternative and the jury convicts on one of the counts.

• Justice Commentaries
  June 11, 2013 EDT
  THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLAUSE, NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE, AND AN “UNOFFICIAL” EXCEPTION TO DOUBLE JEOPARDY: A COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
  Steven V. DeBraccio

  In the absence of an express statute or constitutional provision permitting re-trials for acquitted defendants, could prosecutors use perjury prosecutions and subsequent civil and forfeiture proceedings used against defendants?