Criminal Procedure Double jeopardy BOTTOM LINE: Where trial judge was aware of the substance of the defense case, was knowledgeable of defendant’s prior convictions and knew she would be unable to assess the defendant’s credibility in the absence of an ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether a jury forewoman’s offhand comment that the jury was unable to make a decision on a murder charge means the suspect can’t be retried on that charge. The high court on Tuesday ...

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WASHINGTON — With his trial abruptly cut short, former baseball star Roger Clemens argued Friday that prosecutors intentionally goaded him into asking for a mistrial and asked a judge to throw out his indictment on charges of lying to Congress. ...

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