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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Criminal Procedure — ineffective assistance — double jeopardy
2012AP107-CR State v. Bullock
Criminal Procedure — double jeopardy – mistrials — manifest necessity
2012AP22-CR State v. Khatib
Criminal Procedure — double jeopardy — multiplicitous convictions
2011AP104-CR State v. Nicolai
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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