Lockhart v. Nelson

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1988-11-14

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Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case a reviewing court set aside a defendant’s conviction of enhanced sentence because certain evidence was erroneously admitted against him, and further held that the Double Jeopardy Clause forbade the State to retry him as a habitual offender because the remaining evidence adduced at trial was legally insufficient to support a conviction. No…

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