Hazhar A. Sayed v. Travis Trani, Warden, et al.
If a defendant is convicted of a lesser included offense of a higher level charge, does the Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause prohibit retrying the defendant on the higher level charge?
Is a pro-se prisoner litigant entitled to liberal construction, which includes reading into his claim the strongest argument suggested, in this case which is that the doctrine of collateral estoppel prevented the retrying of Mr. Sayed?
Did Mr. Sayed receive ineffective assistance of counsel when counsel failed to raise the double jeopardy/collateral estoppel issue?
Whether the Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits retrying a defendant on a higher level charge after being convicted of a lesser included offense