Legal Opinion
Gamble v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 17, 2019No. 17-646PublishedCited by 213 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
*1963We consider in this case whether to overrule a longstanding interpretation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. That Clause provides that no person may be "twice put in jeopardy" "for *1964the same offence." Our double jeopardy case law is complex, but at its core, the Clause means that those acquitted or convicted of a particular "offence" cannot be tried a second time for the same "offence." But what does the Clause mean by an "offence"?
We have long held that a crime under one sovereign's laws is not "the same offence" as a crime under the laws of another sovereign. Under this…
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