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Bell v. State

Citations

  • 406 A.2d 909
  • 286 Md. 193
  • 1979 Md. LEXIS 326

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that, even when prosecutorial misconduct results in mistrial, double jeopardy does not bar retrial unless misconduct committed intentionally to force mistrial
  • holding that, even when prosecutorial misconduct results in mistrial, double jeopardy does not bar retrial unless misconduct committed intentionally to force mistrial
  • “We cannot say that the trial court was clearly wrong in concluding that the prosecutor did not want or deliberately seek a mistrial.”
  • “[T]he prohibition against twice placing an accused in jeopardy contained in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is applicable to state criminal prosecution by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
  • \There is no provision concerning double jeopardy in the Constitution of Maryland.\
  • discussing common law protection against double jeopardy

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Judges: Murphy, C.J., and Smith, Eldridge, Orth and Cole

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