burks-v-united-states

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-886 Carlos Guardado v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2024-02-16 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) burks-v-united-states change-in-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy evidence legal-sufficiency prosecution-evidence second-trial supreme-court-precedent trial-rights Whether there is an exception to the Burks v. United States holding that the Double Jeopardy Clause forbids a second trial to allow the prosecution to…
22-5100 Joshua Eric Townley v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied IFP burks-v-united-states constitutional-claim criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-prosecution insufficient-evidence reinstatement-of-convictions state-prosecution supreme-court-precedent trial-court-reversal Whether there is a constitutional claim of double jeopardy, reinstatement of convictions after acquittal, when a federal or state trial court rescinds…