The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a case arguing that if a defendant agrees to separate trials on charges based on the same facts and is acquitted at one, he can get out of the second trial by invoking the Constitution’s ban on double jeopardy. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Lawsuits Dropped Setting The Record Straight

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NY Lawyer Cleared Of Using Wife’s Court Job For Apt. Sale

Supreme Court Must End Acquitted Conduct Sentencing

Calif. Court OKs Challenge To ‘Spit And Acquit’ DNA Collection

New Venue Retrials Unconstitutional, High Court Told

High Court Case Could Have Systemwide Impact On Venue

High Court To Mull Circuit Split On New Venue Retrials

6th Circ. Punts Agent’s Suit Against NFL Union To Lower Court

High Court Should Restore Sentencing Due Process

Freedom At A Cost: Fighting Court Fees On The Acquitted

High Court Takes On Post-Severance Double Jeopardy Rights

2nd Circ. Wary Of Ex-Yale Student’s Bid For Asylum Evidence

The Unintended Negative Consequences to The Process and the People

The Problem of “Prominent Placement”