State v. Pretty Weasel

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the Double Jeopardy Clause prevents appeals from an acquittal
• “to try a man after a verdict of acquittal is to put him twice in jeopardy”
• no government appeal from verdicts or judgments of acquittal, no matter how erroneous their foundation in law or fact
• no government appeal from verdicts or judgments of acquittal, no matter how erroneous their foundation in law or fact
• one is placed in jeopardy when one is put to trial in a court of competent jurisdiction on an accusation
• one is placed in jeopardy when one is put to trial in a court of competent jurisdiction on an accusation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).