Legal Opinion
Allen v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 7, 1996No. Record 951681PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE POFF
delivered the opinion of the Court.
We granted a convicted defendant this appeal limited to the issues raised in the following assignment of error:
The Court of Appeals erred in finding that the appellant, Olan C. Allen, waived his double jeopardy objections and by affirming the trial court’s order that the appellant be tried again, after the jury had been empaneled, reached a verdict, recommended a sentence and had been dismissed by the trial court.
On February 23, 1993, a jury convicted Allen of breaking and entering in violation of Code § 18.2-91 and grand larceny in…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Arizona v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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