Legal Opinion
State v. Anderson
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 2014No. 2012-1834PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, C.J.
{¶ 1} In early June 2003, Amber Zurcher was found dead in her home by her mother. Two months later, appellee, Christopher Anderson, was arrested and charged with Zurcher’s murder.
{¶ 2} Anderson has now been subjected to five trials in seven years. He has been incarcerated for more than a decade, but he has never been lawfully convicted.
{¶ 3} When the state attempted to prosecute Anderson for the sixth time, he moved to dismiss the indictment against him. In so doing, he argued that the prosecution was barred by the Double Jeopardy and Due Process Clauses of the United States Constitution.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Donald Ray Harpster v. State of OhioCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- State ex rel. Keenan v. CalabreseOhio Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. ThomasOhio Supreme Court · 1980
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3Cited by92 opinions
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