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Double jeopardy

Mar 4, 2020

Split Supreme Court finds no double jeopardy violation in case of child sex assault

Questions of double jeopardy in a case involving child sexual assault have split the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Jul 11, 2019

How Epstein’s secret deal could affect sex trafficking case

Financier Jeffrey Epstein awaits a bail hearing after pleading not guilty this week to sex trafficking charges in a case brought a decade after he secretly cut a deal with prosecutors to dispose of nearly identical allegations.

Feb 28, 2017

Justices probe lawyers in double jeopardy case

Wisconsin Supreme Court justices on Tuesday grilled lawyers in the case of an Ozaukee County woman who was challenging sex assault convictions on the grounds that the state cannot not charge her for two crimes when her misdeeds had stemmed from only one action.

Feb 27, 2017

High court to hear double jeopardy, registered agents cases

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in three cases, two involving double-jeopardy claims and one involving out-of-state corporations.

Apr 27, 2016

Appeals court finds prosecutors properly charged Milwaukee man on second try

An appeals court has ruled that prosecutors properly charged a Milwaukee man with a different crime after finding out that he had not been previously found guilty of a felony.

Mar 1, 2013

US Supreme Court’s double jeopardy ruling a blow to prosecutors

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last week that a defendant cannot be retried, even when his acquittal was based on a judge’s blunder, was cheered by defense attorneys.

Dec 12, 2012

Criminal Procedure — double jeopardy

2012AP113 State v. Poirier

Oct 23, 2012

Criminal Procedure — double jeopardy

2011AP2833-CR State v. Robinson

Oct 10, 2012

Criminal Procedure — ineffective assistance — double jeopardy

2012AP107-CR State v. Bullock

Jun 12, 2012

Supreme Court’s Double Jeopardy ruling draws mixed reaction

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.

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