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Supreme Court· 6/9/1980

Standefer v. United States

Citations

  • 447 U.S. 10
  • 100 S. Ct. 1999
  • 64 L. Ed. 2d 689
  • 1980 U.S. LEXIS 127
  • 46 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5084

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a “not guilty” verdict does not estop the Government in a subsequent civil case because, inter alia, “the prosecution’s discovery rights in criminal cases are limited”
  • holding that an aider and abettor can be convicted of a charge even if the principal is acquitted
  • holding that nonmutual collateral es-toppel was not applicable in criminal context so as to preclude prosecution of an aider and abettor where a jury had already acquitted the principal
  • holding that a “not guilty” verdict does not estop the Government in a subsequent civil case because, inter alia, “the prosecution’s discovery rights in criminal cases are limited”
  • holding that the civil rule of non-mutual collateral estoppel could not be asserted against the government by a defendant accused of aiding and abetting a person who had been acquitted earlier in a jury trial
  • holding that nonmutual collateral estoppel was not applicable in criminal context so as to preclude prosecution of an aider and abettor where a jury had already acquitted the principal

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Judges: Burger, Bürger

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