369 F. Supp. 865 - Pettyjohn v. Evatt’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Benton v. Maryland · Green v. United States · United States v. Jorn · Palko v. State of Connecticut · Ball v. United States
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“[SJtates may not, by the device of creating courts of limited jurisdiction, avoid the constitutional mandate against placing a person twice in jeopardy for the same offense. ... The decision reached herein [dismissal of the case on double jeopardy grounds] does not impose an undue hardship on the state. It merely requires that the prosecution of individuals accused of criminal activity be managed in such a way that those individuals are not forced to climb a ladder of multiple criminal prosecutions from the ‘least’ included offense to the greatest. In this regard, any breakdown in communications between the state and municipal officials forms no justification for depriving an accused person of his right to plead double jeopardy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Willis
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