Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Keith Webb v. Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, the District Attorney of Philadelphia County
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 9, 1975No. 74-1980PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus presents the question whether the constitutional command against exposing one to double jeopardy precludes the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from again trying Keith Webb on the same charges emanating from a robbery. At either one or both of two previous trials on those charges, Webb asserts, the trial judges prematurely or improperly determined that the juries were unable to reach unanimous verdicts and declared mistrials, thereby depriving Webb of his constitutional right tó secure a verdict from…
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