United States v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “The Double Jeopardy Clause does protect a defendant against governmental actions intended to provoke mistrial requests and thereby to subject defendants to the substantial burdens imposed by multiple prosecutions. It bars retrials where “bad-faith conduct by judge or prosecutor,” United States v. Jorn, [400 U.S.] at 485, 91 S.Ct. 547 at 557, 27 L.Ed.2d 543 , threatens the “[h]arassment of an accused by successive prosecutions or declaration of a mistrial so as to afford the prosecution a more favorable opportunity to convict” the defendant. Downum v. United States, 372 U.S. [734] at 736, 83 S.Ct. 1033 at 1034 [ 10 L.Ed.2d 100 ].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Baker v. Metcalfe

2. “Wright's motion to dismiss the indictment and the issue of prosecutorial overreaching, inasmuch as it relates to the double jeopardy question, are reviewable by this Court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Barcelona

3. “the District Court's failure to dismiss the indictment as a direct result of prosecutorial overreaching, separate and apart from the double jeopardy claim,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Barcelona