double jeopardy

Virginia criminal defense- Preserving double jeopardy protection

March 7, 2017

Any time a criminal defendant is charged with multiple offenses, it is time for the defendant's lawyer to check for double jeopardy issues. Double jeopardy protection not only applies against being tried twice on different occasions for the same offense -- U.S. Const. Amend. V...

SCOTUS- For double jeopardy, a criminal defendant has burden to show an acquittal happened

November 30, 2016

In Bravo-Fernandez v. U.S., ___ U.S. ___ (Nov. 29, 2016), the jury returned inconsistent verdicts of conviction and acquittal under separate counts of the same statute. Bravo-Fernandez got his conviction overturned on appeal due to erroneous jury instructions, therefor enabling a retrial.

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Virginia criminal defense- Preserving double jeopardy protection

SCOTUS- For double jeopardy, a criminal defendant has burden to show an acquittal happened

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