DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, October, 2005
CRIMINAL LAW DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Sections within this essay:
Background Policy Considerations Underlying the Right Against Double Jeopardy The Common Law Development of the Right Against Double Jeopardy Where Jeopardy Applies When Jeopardy Attaches When Jeopardy Terminates What Constitutes the Same Offense State Court Decisions Interpreting State Constitutional Provisions Governing Double Jeopardy Additional Resources Background
The DOUBLE JEOPARDY clause in the Fifth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution prohibits the government from prosecuting individuals more than one time for a single offense and from imposing more than one punishment for a single offense. It provides that "No person shall . . . be subject for the same offence to be twice put in JEOPARDY of...
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