Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented in this case is whether a state appellate court provided an adequate remedy for a violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment, by modifying a jeopardy-barred conviction to that of a lesser included offense that is not jeopardy barred. I On February 17,1978, respondent James Michael Mathews an…
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