Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Argument transcript in Beckles...

...is here.

And the Supreme Court decided a double jeopardy case this morning, Bravo-Fernandez:
The issue-preclusion component of the Double Jeopardy Clause does not bar the Government from retrying defendants, like petitioners, after a jury has returned irreconcilably inconsistent verdicts of conviction and acquittal and the convictions are later vacated for legal error unrelated to the inconsistency.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Illuminating

Anonymous said...

http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/11/argument-analysis-court-wrestles-with-vagueness-and-retroactivity-in-sentencing-context/#more-249342

Analysis of OA from Scotusblog. "At the end of the argument, it seemed doubtful Beckles will prevail."