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Serfass Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 03, 1975

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  1. United States Vs. Jorn US Supreme Court · Jan 25, 1971
  2. Price Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1970
  3. illinois Vs. Somerville US Supreme Court · Feb 27, 1973
  4. Bassing Vs. Cady US Supreme Court · Feb 24, 1908
  5. United States Vs. Ball US Supreme Court · May 25, 1896
  6. United States Vs. Sisson US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1970
  7. United States Vs. Covington US Supreme Court · May 19, 1969
  8. Serfass v. United
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  9. States - 420 U.S. 377 (1975) U.S. Supreme Court Serfass v. United
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  10. States, 420 U.S. 377 (1975) Serfass v. United
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  11. has no significance unless jeopardy has attached. United States v. Sisson
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  12. Relying on its earlier opinion in United States v. Pecora
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  13. Page 420 U. S. 383 As to the merits, the Court of Appeals concluded that, in Musser v. United
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  14. In United States v. Sisson
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  15. United States v. Apex
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  16. Distributing Co., 270 F.2d 747, 755 (CA9 1959). See United States v. Ponto
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  17. the face of the Criminal Appeals Act by the 1948 amendments were preserved by judicial construction. See United States v. Apex
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  18. United States v. Distefano
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  19. Green v. United
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  20. States, 355 U. S. 184 , 355 U. S. 187 -188 (1957). See United States v. Jorn
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  21. See United States v. Jorn
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  22. at 400 U. S. 480 . In the case of a jury trial, jeopardy attaches when a jury is empaneled and sworn. Downum v. United
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  23. U. S. 458 (1973). In a nonjury trial, jeopardy attaches when the court begins to hear evidence. McCarthy v. Zerbst
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  24. F.2d 640, 642 (CA10 1936). See Wade v. Hunter
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  25. supra, at 400 U. S. 479 . See Kepner v. United
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  26. not be waived by him without the consent of the Government and of the court. Fed.Rule Crim.Proc. 23(a). See Patton v. United
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  27. Singer v. United
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  28. its validity. United States v. Covington
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  29. facts outside of the indictment, which facts would constitute a defense on the merits at trial,' United States v. Brewster
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  30. that the policies of the Double Jeopardy Clause would be frustrated by further prosecution. Cf. United States v. Velazqez
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  31. the policies of the Double Jeopardy Clause would, in fact, be frustrated by further prosecution. See United States v. Ponto
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  32. rules in the interpretation of the Double Jeopardy Clause. Illinois v. Somerville
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  33. Ibid. Cf. United States v. Sisson
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  34. an accused is often spared much of the expense, delay, strain, and embarrassment which attend a trial. See Green v. United
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  35. United States v. Wilson
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  36. ante, at 420 U. S. 352 . See United States v. Jorn
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  37. Kepner v. United
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  38. States, 195 U.S. at 195 U. S. 133 . See Price v. Georgia
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  39. States, supra at 355 U. S. 188 . Cf. Kepner v. United
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  40. Fong Foo v. United
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  41. cannot be divorced from the procedural context in which the action so characterized was taken. See United States v. Wilson
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  42. The word itself has no talismanic quality for purposes of the Double Jeopardy Clause. Compare United States v. Oppenheimer
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  43. U. S. 85 , 242 U. S. 88 (1916), with United States v. Barber
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  44. U. S. 72 , 219 U. S. 78 (1911), and United States v. Goldman
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  45. U.S. Supreme Court Serfass v. United
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  46. United States v. Pecora
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  47. Musser v. United
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  48. See United States v. Ponto
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  49. See United States v. Apex
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  50. Downum v. United
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