Neff v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that when dismissal of a charge constitutes an acquittal, the Fifth Amendment’s double jeopardy clause applies to protect against a second prosecution for the same offense
• “Res judicata . . . precludes relitigation of a claim or issue once a final determination on the merits has been reached by a court of competent jurisdiction”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).