Supreme Court· 11/14/1988

Lockhart v. Nelson

Citations

488 U.S. 33
109 S. Ct. 285
102 L. Ed. 2d 265
1988 U.S. LEXIS 5180

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holding that reviewing court should consider all admitted evidence, including illegally admitted evidence, in assessing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction
holding that the government may retry a defendant who successfully challenges his conviction based on “some error in the proceedings leading to conviction”
recognizing that Burks is a narrow exception to the general rule that the government can retry a defendant who succeeds in getting his first conviction set aside
holding that a reversal based on “trial error” does not bar a retrial
holding that Double Jeopardy Clause permits retrial of defendant where his conviction was reversed for evidence erroneously admitted against him
holding that a defendant who succeeds in having a conviction set aside because of trial error may be retried for the same offense without violating the Double Jeopardy Clause of the U.S. Constitution

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Judges: Rehnquist, Marshall, Brennan, Blackmun

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