Whether a defendant previously acquitted of murder under a state statute can be tried for the same murder under the same state statute pursuant to a federal charge that assimilates the laws of any State

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, pursuant to the Houston v. Moore, 18 U.S. 1 (1820) exception to the separate-sovereign doctrine, a defendant previously acquitted of murder under a state statute in state court can be tried for the same murder under the same state statute pursuant to a federal charge that assimilates “the laws of any State[.]” i STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES . United States v. Rondale Young, No. 10CR00923-SJO, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Judgment entered November 18, 2019. . United States v. Rondale Young, No. 15-50158, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judgment entered December 27, 2017. . Rondale Young v. United States, No. 21-6787, Supreme Court of the United States. Petition for a writ of certiorari denied June 6, 2022. . United States v. Rondale Young, No. 19-50355, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judgment entered June 30, 2022, rehearing and rehearing en banc denied September 8, 2022. i