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· 6/25/1976

United States v. John William Larry

Citations

  • 536 F.2d 1149
  • 42 A.L.R. Fed. 783
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 8335

How courts have described this case

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

  • \If a mistrial had been improperly declared appellant's retrial would have been violative of his Fifth Amendment right not to be subjected to double jeopardy.\
  • “The sole limitation on the authority of the court to determine that a mistrial is ‘manifestly necessary’ is that the judge must exercise his ‘sound discretion’ in determining that the ends of public justice would not be served by a continuation of the proceedings.”
  • \The sole limitation on the authority of the court to determine that a mistrial is 'manifestly necessary' is that the judge must exercise his 'sound discretion' in determining that the ends of public justice would not be served by a continuation of the proceedings.\
  • 3-day trial, 3V2 hours deliberation

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Judges: Edwards, Celebrezze, Green

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