MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question in this case is whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment was violated by the retrial of the respondent after his original trial had ended in a mistrial granted at his request.
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The respondent Nathan Dinitz, was arrested on December 8, 1972. following the return of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute LSD and with
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