Double jeopardy 5th Amendment ruling [US SC] News
Double jeopardy 5th Amendment ruling [US SC]

Yeager v. United States, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2009 [holding that a criminal defendant cannot face new prosecution for counts on which a jury failed to reach a verdict but that share a common element with other counts of which the defendant has been acquitted]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.


Yeager v US