NOUN
- the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution
How To Use double jeopardy In A Sentence
- The Court noted that double jeopardy is generally not implicated when a defendant obtains a verdict or chooses to prevent one by successfully seeking a mistrial, but that there is an exception to that rule that applies when a prosecutor has engaged in prejudicial misconduct deliberately intended to provoke a mistrial motion. Constitutional Issues
- He cannot be tried in Britain because of double jeopardy laws. Times, Sunday Times
- The newspaper also dwells on the jury selection in the original federal trial, but it never once mentions the truly knotty constitutional issue involved - double jeopardy.
- Does the Merger Regulation prevent double jeopardy?
- In such a case there is no possibility of double jeopardy and no risk of double recovery.
- There is no question of double jeopardy, as asserted by some community groups.
- Or does the Double Jeopardy clause block the judge from reinstating the charges as soon as the Rule 29 acquittal is announced? The Volokh Conspiracy » Double Jeopardy and Judicial Verdicts:
- I would call myself double jeopardy. Times, Sunday Times
- That case can now be reopened thanks to a revamp of double jeopardy laws, which previously barred cleared suspects from being tried again. The Sun
- In the present circumstances, double jeopardy did not carry any of significant weight. Times, Sunday Times
