POSTED: Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 at 11:56 am

BY: KIMBERLY ATKINS, Dolan Media Newswires

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that an informal jury poll did not rise to the level of an acquittal for double jeopardy purposes didn’t just draw mixed reactions from the justices themselves.

POSTED: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 at 1:56 pm

BY: KIMBERLY ATKINS, Dolan Media Newswires

An informal vote taken by jurors before deliberations conclude and later reported to a judge in court does not amount to an acquittal, and therefore a retrial does not violate a defendant’s Double Jeopardy rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.