Legal Opinion
Thames v. Justices of Superior Court
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 9, 1974No. Civ. A. 74-2548-TPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TAURO, District Judge.
Oldest Thames is currently awaiting trial before the Suffolk Superior Court on two indictments charging him with rape and robbery. Earlier he was tried on these same charges in the Superior Court, but that proceeding ended in a mistrial. Petitioner then sought dismissal of the indictments by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, claiming that any further prosecution of these indictments would constitute double jeopardy in violation of Massachusetts common law as well as the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the…
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