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Prosecution Appeals of Court-Ordered Midtrial Acquittals: Permissible Under the Double Jeopardy Clause?

  • Chicago-Kent College of Law

Research output: Working paper › Preprint

Abstract

This article considers whether a statute or rule of court allowing the prosecution to appeal a directed verdict of not guilty, or its equivalent, would be constitutional under the Double Jeopardy Clause.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 2012

Keywords

  • double jeopardy
  • prosecution appeals
  • appeal of directed verdict of not guilty

Disciplines

  • Law

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