Legal Opinion
Brown v. Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 16, 1977No. 75-6933PublishedCited by 3,275 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powusll
The question in this case is whether the Double Jeopardy-Clause of the Fifth Amendment bars prosecution and punishment for the crime of stealing an automobile following prosecution and punishment for the lesser included offense of operating the same vehicle without the owner’s consent.
I
On November 29, 1973, the petitioner, Nathaniel Brown, stole a 1965 Chevrolet from a parking lot in East Cleveland, Ohio. Nine days later, on December 8, 1973, Brown was caught driving the car in Wickliffe, Ohio. The Wickliffe police charged him with “joyriding”- — taking or operating the car without the…
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