Alan Sedgwick v. Superior Court for the District of Columbia

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• mistrial will not be treated as having been declared over defense objections where \defendant did not express an interest in obtaining a verdict from the first jury\
• “We are instructed not to apply the Double Jeopardy Clause mechanically, but to look beyond the labels of trial motions and rulings to discern the actual intentions of the parties and trial court.”

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