People v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “set forth in the constitution. We undertook our analysis by noting Nutt 's conclusion that the ratifiers of our constitution intended that Michigan's Double Jeopardy Clause be construed consistently with Michigan precedent and the Fifth Amendment. At the time of ratification, the federal courts held that prosecution by one sovereign does not preclude a subsequent prosecution by a different sovereign based on the same act, where”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Smith

2. “Const. 1963, art. 1, § 15 prohibits a second prosecution for an offense arising out of the same criminal act unless it appears from the record that the interests of the State of Michigan and the jurisdiction which initially prosecuted are substantially different.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Smith

3. “be construed consistently with the federal double jeopardy jurisprudence that then existed,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Smith