Smith v. Massachusetts

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2005-02-22

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*464 Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. Midway through a jury trial, the judge acquitted petitioner of one of the three offenses charged. The question presented in this case is whether the Double Jeopardy Clause forbade the judge to reconsider that acquittal later in the trial. I. Petitioner Melvin Smit…

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