51 N.C. App. 613 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 15 state decisions

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1. “It is a basic precept of the common law, guaranteed by the Federal and State Constitutions, that no person may be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb for the same offense. U.S. Const. Amend. V; N.C. Const. Art. 1, § 19; State v. Cameron, 283 N.C. 191 , 195 S.E. 2d 481 (1973); State v. Cooley, 47 N.C. App. 376 , 268 S.E. 2d 87 , appeal dismissed, 301 N.C. 96 , 273 S.E. 2d 442 (1980). A defendant’s cherished right to have his liberty or life legally imperilled only once for a criminal charge does not, however, necessarily preclude retrial when previous proceedings against him have failed to conclude in a judgment of either conviction or acquittal. Arizona v. Washington, 434 U.S. 497 , 98 S.Ct. 824 , 54 L.Ed. 2d 717 (1978). See generally Annot., 50 L.Ed. 2d 830 . 841-42 (1978); 21 Am. Jur. 2d Criminal Law § 194, at 246 (1965).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 65 N.C. App. 782 - State v. Malone