Scriber v. State

This case calls upon us, once again, to consider the prohibitions against double jeopardy granted by the federal Constitution and Maryland’s common law. We encounter here, in particular, two protections afforded by double jeopardy law: the plea of autrefois acquit, which protects against the second prosecution of a defendant for the same offense after acquittal; and the doctrine of collateral estoppel, which protects against the relitigation of an issue of ultimate fact that has been decided in a defendant’s favor.

Petitioner Dwayne Scriber was charged with various traffic offenses in the…