Evans v. Michigan
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| Evans v. Michigan | |||||
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| Argued November 6, 2012 Decided January 20, 2013 |
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| Full case name | Lamar Evans v. Michigan | ||||
| Docket nos. | 11-1327 | ||||
| Citations | 568 U.S. ___ (more) | ||||
| Argument | Oral argument | ||||
| Prior history | acquittal reversed and remanded, 288 Mich.App. 410, 794 N.W.2d 848 (2010); affirmed, 491 Mich. 1, 810 N.W.2d 535; certiorari granted, 567 U.S. ___ (2012) | ||||
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| The double jeopardy clause bars a retrial when a directed verdict was rendered, even if erroneous. Michigan Supreme Court reversed. | |||||
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| Majority | Sotomayor, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan | ||||
| Dissent | Alito | ||||
Evans v. Michigan 568 U.S. ___ (2013) was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that if a person accused of a crime receives a directed acquittal, the Double Jeopardy Clause bars a second trial of that person for the same crime, even if the person was acquitted in error.[1]
References
- ↑ Evans v. Michigan www.scotusblog.com Retrieved February 27, 2013
