US Supreme Court allows retrial of criminal defendant if tried in wrong district court
JURIST
JUNE 15, 2023
The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the US Constitution’s Double Jeopardy Clause does not bar the prosecution from retrying a criminal defendant if it is determined that the original trial venue was improper. But the court held that “the mere burden of a second trial has never justified an exemption from the retrial rule.”
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