Legal Opinion
Jeffrey Lovinger v. Circuit Court of the 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 2, 1988No. 87-1397PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Jeffrey Lovinger’s bench trial on charges of unlawful delivery of cocaine and cannabis ended in a mistrial on February 8,1983. Lovinger was unable to convince the Illinois courts that the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment bars his reproseeution for these offenses. After exhausting his state court remedies, Lovinger petitioned the district court for a writ of habe-as coitus. The district court granted the writ and we affirm.
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Lovinger’s trial in the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois was hampered from the start by the…
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