159 So. 3d 1115 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Double jeopardy stands for the proposition that no person shall twice be put in jeopardy of punishment for the same offense. U.S. Const, amend. V. The clause protects against three distinct double jeopardy situations: a second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal, a second prosecution for the same offense after conviction, and multiple punishments for the same offense. North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711 , 89 S.Ct. 2072 , 23 L.Ed.2d 656 (1969), overruled on other grounds by Alabama v. Smith, 490 U.S. 794 , 109 S.Ct. 2201 , 104 L.Ed.2d 865 (1989).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lowrey

2. “First degree murder is the killing of a human being: [[Image here]] |an(5) When the offender has the specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm upon a victim who is under the age of twelve or sixty-five years of age or older.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 178 So. 3d 1157 - State v. Charles