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PEOPLE v. DAWSON

Docket No. 79479, (Calendar No. 4).

431 Mich. 234 (1988)

427 N.W.2d 886

PEOPLE v. DAWSON

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, James J. Gregart, Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael H. Dzialowski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Milton J. Marovich and John R. Scholten for the defendant.

LEVIN, J.

The double jeopardy provisions of the Michigan1 and federal2 constitutions protect an accused from being twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. "Being twice put in jeopardy" includes being subjected to a retrial after the initial prosecution ends in a mistrial.3 An exception to the double jeopardy bar has been made, and...

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