United States v. Carl William Pursley, Jr.

How courts have described this case

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• “[W]e look to the elements of the two crimes for which [the defendant] was convicted to determine whether a double jeopardy violation exists.”
• “To establish prejudice, a defendant must point to a ‘specific trial right’ that was compromised or show the jury was ‘prevent[ed] ... from making a reliable judgment about guilt - 38 - or innocence.’” (quoting Zafiro v. United States, 506 U.S. 534, 539 (1993))
• “To establish prejudice, a defendant must point to a ‘specific trial right’ that was compromised or show the jury was ‘prevent[ed] ... from making a reliable judgment about guilt - 38 - or innocence.’” (quoting Zafiro v. United States, 506 U.S. 534, 539 (1993))

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