Cohens v. Elwell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that, even when a mistrial is declared because of the unavailability of a “critical” state witness, reviewing court should apply a “ ‘strict scrutiny’ test” to determine whether “manifest necessity” existed
• the scope of the double jeopardy clause in the Florida Constitution is the same as that in the federal constitution
• critical witness unavailable due to severe illness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).