double jeopardy clause

Double Jeopardy Clause. The Fifth Amendment provision stating, “nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” • The clause, which was ratified in 1791, does not prevent postacquittal appeals by the government if those appeals could not result in the defendant’s being subjected to a second trial for substantially the same offense before a second fact-trier. See United States v. Wilson, 420 U.S. 332, 95 S.Ct. 1013 (1975). [Cases: Double Jeopardy

2. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 209.]

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