Legal Opinion
Brady v. Samaha
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 1981No. 81-1406PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants ** were prosecuted in state court on charges of criminal trespass stemming from their arrests at a demonstration at the construction site of the Seabrook nuclear power plant, Sea-brook, New Hampshire. The joint trial of the six defendants1 began on May 8, 1979, and was terminated on May 11 by the trial judge’s sua sponte declaration of a mistrial. In November, 1979, when their retrial was scheduled, the defendants moved to dismiss based on double jeopardy. After the motion was denied, they appealed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, which upheld…
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3Cited by44 opinions
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