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SCRIBER v. STATE

No. 35, Sept. Term, 2013.

86 A.3d 1260 (2014)

437 Md. 399

Dwayne SCRIBER v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Saccenti , Assistant Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Benjamin A. Harris , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD and WATTS, JJ.

BARBERA, C.J.

This case calls upon us, once again, to consider the prohibitions against double jeopardy granted by the federal Constitution and Maryland's common law. We encounter here, in particular, two protections afforded by double jeopardy law: the plea of autrefois acquit, which protects against the second prosecution of a defendant for the same offense after acquittal; and the doctrine of collateral estoppel, which protects against the relitigation of...

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