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TAPP v. LUCAS

No. 80-3859.

658 F.2d 383 (1981)

William E. TAPP, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Ed LUCAS, Warden, Mississippi State Penitentiary, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

October 7, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Findley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondents-appellants.

Robert G. Gilder, Southaven, Miss., for petitioner-appellee.

Before CHARLES CLARK, TATE and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The State of Mississippi brought this appeal from the grant of a writ of habeas corpus in favor of William E. Tapp. The case presents two questions concerning the proper interpretation of the double jeopardy clause: (1) whether a state court's explanation that its previous reversal of a criminal conviction was based on "trial error" rather than insufficient evidence permits retrial under Burks v. United States, 437...

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