State v. Baxter

CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge,

Specially Assigned.

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One of the rights guaranteed an accused in criminal proceedings by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is that no person shall “be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” This prohibition applies to state criminal proceedings through the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.1 See Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784, 794, 89 S.Ct. 2056, 23 L.Ed.2d 707 (1969); State v. Crutchfield, 318 Md. 200, 201, 567 A.2d 449 (1989), cert. denied, 495 U.S. 905, 110 S.Ct. 1926,…