People v. Carlos Jones

How courts have described this case

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• holding that trial court could not find defendant guilty, and sua sponte reconsider and reverse its finding eight days later, even though it did so prior to pronouncing punishment
• stating that the trial court speaks through its written orders, not its oral pronouncements
• stating that the trial court speaks through its written orders, not its oral pronouncements
• noting that “[a] court speaks through written judgments and orders rather than oral statements.”
• “Although retrial following acquittal is barred under the Double Jeopardy Clause, the government may appeal if reinstatement of the jury’s verdict of conviction, rather than retrial, is sought.”
• “Although retrial following acquittal is barred under the Double Jeopardy Clause, the government may appeal if reinstatement of the jury’s verdict of conviction, rather than retrial, is sought.”

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