Day: March 8, 2019

Double Jeopardy and State and Federal Prosecutions

While doing some research, I came across the oral argument for a supreme Court case called Gamble v. United States.  It asked the question: If someone is prosecuted for the same crime in both state and federal courts, does that violate the Fifth Amendment’s protection against double jeopardy?  While reading the opinion, I went through…

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