Legal Opinion
Cousins v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 8, 1976No. [No. 123, September Term, 1975.]PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEldridge, J.
In this case we are presented with the question of whether successive trials on charges arising from what is claimed to be the same criminal transaction are prohibited by the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution or by common law principles pertaining to double jeopardy applicable in this State.
The facts of this case, as alleged by the State, are as follows. Marilyn Neal and Ronald Wood were employed as store detectives by the Hecht Company at Montgomery Mall Shopping Center on December 27, 1974. They were in the men’s clothing department when they…
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