[DOWNLOAD] "Oregon v. Kennedy" by Supreme Court of the United States " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Oregon v. Kennedy
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 24, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 75 KB
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The Oregon Court of Appeals decided that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution barred respondents retrial after his first trial ended in a mistrial granted on his own motion. 49 Ore. App. 415, 619 P. 2d 948 (1980), cert. granted, 454 U.S. 891 (1981). The Court of Appeals concluded that retrial was barred because the prosecutorial misconduct that occasioned the mistrial in the first instance amounted to "overreaching." Because that court took an