Legal Opinion
Fate Thomas, Sheriff, Nashville Metropolitan Jail v. Mark Jerome Beasley
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1974No. 73-1628PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
District Judge L. Clure Morton granted Mark Jerome Beasley’s application for a writ of habeas corpus. The decision of the District Court was based upon a finding that Beasley already had been put in jeopardy for the offense for which he was being held in custody awaiting trial, in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The Fifth Amendment is applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784, 793, 89 S.Ct. 2056, 23 L.Ed.2d 707 (1969).
The State of Tennessee appeals. We affirm.
Beasley was arrested…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Illinois v. SomervilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Downum v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BoldenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Jourdan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- United States v. Alexander J. Barket, Alexander J. Barket v. The Honorable John W. Oliver, United States District Judge, and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Jones v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- United States v. John Rumpf, Joanne Hanson, Gloria Masters, and Gary James GriffinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
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