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… |