jeopardy attaches
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 400 U.S. 470 - United States v. Jorn · 1971Most cited · 4,213 citing opinions
a defendant is placed in jeopardy in a criminal proceeding once the defendant is put to trial before the trier of the facts, whether the trier be a jury or a judge
How often courts cite the case defining “jeopardy attaches”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “jeopardy attaches” — 4,210 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.