People v. Fields

Supreme Court of California · Decided 1996-05-02

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Opinion LUCAS, J. * We granted review to decide whether the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy, or any of the statutory provisions implementing its protection, bar defendant’s retrial on a greater offense on which jurors failed to reach agreement when, in the same proceeding, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on a separately charged lesser included offense. In res…

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