No. 18-9231
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-interpretation continuing-jeopardy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-conviction indictment indictment-strategy retrial retrial-rights
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment
FifthAmendment
Latest Conference:
2019-06-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a State may break the original indictment into discrete pieces to obtain multiple trials in a retrial comprising 'continuing jeopardy' where the original felony conviction has been overturned
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED . In a retrial comprising “continuing jeopardy,” where the original felony conviction has been overturned, may a State break the original indictment into ; : discrete pieces so that it can obtain multiple trials in the “retrial of the same offense” allowed by the continuing-jeopardy doctrine? ,
Docket Entries
2019-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
2019-05-22
Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
2019-02-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 10, 2019)
Attorneys
Texas
Clinton A. Morgan — Harris County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Clinton A. Morgan — Harris County District Attorney's Office, Respondent