McKAY, Chief Judge, dissenting: Regretfully I must dissent from the majority opinion. In my view, the only issue is whether the district court erred in construing its prior decree as barring retrial of Petitioner. This issue is controlled by Burton. “A district court is not permitted ... to clarify a judgment ... to reflect a new and subsequent intent because it perceives its original…
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