Costarelli v. Commonwealth

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1978-03-21

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Quirico, J. This case is before us on a reservation and report by a single justice of this court. The question presented is whether the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth *678 Amendment to the United States Constitution bars prosecution for the crime of us…

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