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HUDSON v. LOUISIANA

No. 79-5688.

450 U.S. 40 (1981)

HUDSON v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard O. Burst, Sr., argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

James M. Bullers, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question in this case is whether Louisiana violated the Double Jeopardy Clause, as we expounded it in Burks v. United States, 437 U.S. 1 (1978), by prosecuting petitioner a second time after the trial judge at the first trial granted petitioner's motion for new trial on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to support...

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