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State v. Pennington

Citations

  • 952 S.W.2d 420
  • 1997 Tenn. LEXIS 433
  • 1997 WL 547567

How courts have described this case

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  • acknowledging that “[d]ouble jeopardy violations arise only when an individual is twice placed in jeopardy for the same offense.”
  • “The proceeding must be ‘essentially criminal’ and constitute an action ‘intended to authorize criminal punishment to vindicate public justice.’” quoting United States v. Grisanti, 4 F.3d 173, 175 (2 nd Cir. N.Y. 1993)
  • in jury proceedings, jeopardy customarily attaches when the jury is sworn
  • in jury proceedings, jeopardy customarily attaches when the jury is sworn

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Birch, Anderson, Drowota, Reid, Holder

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