Legal Opinion
People v. Catten
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 7, 1987PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler.
In each of these cases, this court must decide whether a retrial following the declaration of a mistrial over defense objection violates the ban on double jeopardy, though it was the defendant who had originally requested the mistrial. In the first case, the defendant attempted to withdraw his application after it was granted; in the second, the defendant’s application was effectively denied, and the court later granted the People’s motion, made on the same ground, "on consent.”
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In the first case before us, Arnold Catten was indicted for various drug…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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