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Supreme Court· 5/18/1879

Lange v. Benedict

Citations

  • 99 U.S. 68
  • 25 L. Ed. 469
  • 1878 U.S. LEXIS 1508

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  • stating that the doctrine of collateral estoppel is part of the Fifth Amendment and will preclude a prosecutor from bringing new charges that were necessarily resolved in a prior criminal charge

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