Legal Opinion
Sanabria v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 14, 1978No. 76-1040PublishedCited by 979 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
delivered the opinion of the Court.*
The issue presented is whether the United States may-appeal in a criminal case from a midtrial ruling resulting in the exclusion of certain evidence and from a subsequently entered judgment of acquittal. Resolution of this issue depends on the application of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the somewhat unusual facts of this case.
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Petitioner was indicted, along with several others, for violating 18 U. S. C. § 1955 (1976 ed.), which makes it a federal offense to conduct, finance, manage, supervise, direct, or own all or part of an…
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