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Justices take up double jeopardy case
The Supreme Court on Monday added one new case, involving the double jeopardy clause and the Hobbs Act, to its docket for the ...
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Second Circuit Rejects Double Jeopardy and Sufficiency of the Evidence Arguments After Remand in Ciminelli Case
In United States v. Aiello, the Second Circuit (Raggi, Chin, Sullivan) remanded the cases of Steven Aiello, Joseph Gerardi, Louis Ciminelli, and ...
Accused murderer Karen Read wants her trial pushed back to allow for her federal appeal to move forward
Delaying the trial date from April 1 to much later in the month “is necessary to permit Ms. Read to appeal the denial of her ...
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Former clerk tapped for fall double jeopardy argument
The Supreme Court has tapped a former clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor to defend a lower court ruling in next term’s Barrett v. United States, a New York man’s challenge to his robbery convictions and ...
‘Jeopardy!’ Fans Debate Daily Double Strategy Following Player’s Loss
That much was clear in the March 25 episode of Jeopardy! that saw one player lose a Daily Double but maintain his place in ...
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Kaloyeros, Buffalo Billion defendants seek Supreme Court clarity
It is, if anything, even less defensible than the earlier opinion, as it managed to flout not only this court’s mandate, but basic protections of the double jeopardy clause and principles of ...