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Smith Vs. Massachusetts

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 22, 2005

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  1. United States Vs. Sisson US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1970
  2. Smalis Vs. Pennsylvania US Supreme Court · May 05, 1986
  3. United States Vs. Calderon US Supreme Court · Dec 06, 1954
  4. Price Vs. Vincent US Supreme Court · Apr 21, 2003
  5. Syllabus October Term, 2004 Smith V. Massachusetts
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  6. Supreme Court of the United States Smith V. Massachusetts
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  7. Smalis v. Pennsylvania
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  8. s double-jeopardy cases. In United States v. Martin
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  9. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Kennedy and Breyer, JJ., joined. Smith v. Massachusetts
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  10. Opinion of the Court Smith V. Massachusetts
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  11. Supreme Court of the United States No. 03-8661 Melvin T. Smith, Petitioner V. Massachusetts
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  12. court-decreed acquittal to the same extent it prohibits reexamination of an acquittal by jury verdict. See Richardson v. United
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  13. Sanabria v. United
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  14. United States v. Martin
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  15. s ruling of acquittal comes in a bench trial or, as here, in a trial by jury. See Fong Foo v. United
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  16. Double Jeopardy Clause does not preclude a prosecution appeal to reinstate the jury verdict of guilty. United States v. Wilson
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  17. accord, e.g., Price v. Vincent
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  18. Burks v. United
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  19. legal determination, the factfinding function being reserved to the jury. Brief for Respondent 14 (citing Commonwealth v. Lowder
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  20. to go forward with their cases while the prosecution reserved the right to present more evidence, Commonwealth v. Cote
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  21. s proof can be reconsidered. Cf. Pennsylvania v. Goldhammer
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  22. that a court-directed judgment of acquittal is not effective until it is signed and entered in the docket, Harden v. State
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  23. Ga. App. 514, 515, 287 S. E. 2d 329, 331 (1981), until a formal order is issued, State v. Collins
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  24. P. 2d 350, 353 (1989), or until the motion hearing is concluded, Watson v. State
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  25. moved for acquittal when the prosecution rested and the court erroneously denied that motion. E.g. , Smith v. State
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  26. Deal v. State
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  27. King v. Parkin
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  28. the court to correct its legal error before it rules, or at least before the proceedings move forward. See Price v. Vincent
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  29. our cases establish that jeopardy may terminate on some counts even as it continues on others. See, e.g. , Price v. Georgia
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  30. whereas in Smalis v. Pennsylvania
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  31. the acquittal) were impermissible. 476 U. S., at 145. Likewise, we recognized in Justices of Boston Municipal Court v. Lydon
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  32. acquittal, once final, may not be reconsidered on appeal or otherwise. The dissent misses the point of Swisher v. Brady
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  33. s finding in Swisher from the midtrial acquittal in this case. Footnote 5 In Price v. Vincent
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  34. their own, and might assume that the acquitted defendant would become available as a defense witness. Cf. Washington v. Texas
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  35. even when the acquittal was erroneous because the evidence was sufficient. See, e.g. , Sanabria v. United
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  36. before jeopardy terminated. Burks v. United
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  37. States , 437 U. S. 1 , 11 (1978). Smith v. Massachusetts
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  38. Ginsburg, J., Dissenting Smith V. Massachusetts
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  39. see Commonwealth v. Haskell
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  40. The view held by the Massachusetts court on this issue is hardly novel. See, e.g., United States v. LoRusso
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  41. s charges. I would so hold as a matter not of double jeopardy, but of due process. See Gray v. Netherland
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  42. had called to her attention a decision of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts directly on point, Commonwealth v. Sperrazza
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  43. not move to reopen the case, and the jury convicted him on all charges. Smith urges that our decision in Smalis v. Pennsylvania
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  44. s pro-defense ruling. See United States v. Scott
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  45. and Swisher v. Brady
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  46. with Kepner v. United
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  47. quoting Commonwealth v. Cote
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  48. In United States v. Martin
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  49. Melvin T. Smith, Petitioner V. Massachusetts
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  50. See Richardson v. United
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