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RICHARDSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 82-2113.

468 U.S. 317 (1984)

RICHARDSON v. UNITED STATES

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 29, 1984

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan M. Palmer argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Michael W. McConnell argued the cause pro hac vice for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Lee, Assistant Attorney General Trott, Deputy Solicitor General Frey, and Kathleen A. Felton.

JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

The jury trying petitioner acquitted him of one of several counts, but was unable to agree as to the others. The District Court declared a mistrial as to these counts of the indictment and set them down for retrial. Petitioner moved to bar his retrial, claiming that a second trial would violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment because evidence sufficient to convict on the remaining counts had not...

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