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[.]"

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