Legal Opinion
Jones v. Anderson
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided September 5, 1974No. Civ. A. 174-63PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ALAIMO, District Judge.
In his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, petitioner seeks the reversal of state convictions in the Superior Court of Richmond County, Georgia, on the grounds that his retrial following a mistrial constituted double jeopardy barred by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. He complains of his September 22, 1973, trial and conviction on charges of rape, aggravated assault, and armed robbery (two counts) which followed a mistrial on May 16, 1973, declared on the district attorney’s motion over the petitioner’s objection, when the trial judge found that one of the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Illinois v. SomervilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- United States v. James Charles EversCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- State v. McFerronCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1981
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