Fong Foo v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1962-03-19

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Mr. Justice Harlan, concurring. Were I able to find, as Judge Aldrich did, that the District Court’s judgment of acquittal was based solely on the Assistant United States Attorney’s alleged misconduct, I would think that a retrial of the petitioners would not be prevented by the Double Jeopardy Clause of the *144 Fifth Amendment. Even assumin…

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