Brief filed: 11/14/2008
Documents
Hirko v. United States
United States Supreme Court; Case No. 08-67
Prior Decision
(Consolidated cases) cert. granted 11/14/08
Question Presented
Whether, consistent with the Double Jeopardy Clause, a jury’s failure to reach a verdict on one count of a multi-count indictment can be “weighed” against an acquittal on another factually-related count in a manner that diminishes the acquittal’s collateral estoppel effect for future prosecutions.
Argument(s)
Author(s)
Kevin C. Newsome, et al., Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP, Birmingham, AL.