United States v. Rufus Dennis

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How courts have described this case

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• holding that although acquittal was based on “egregiously erroneous foundation,” it “could not be reviewed without putting defendant twice in jeopardy”
• ruling that, if a defendant has been acquitted of an offense, he cannot be retried even if the acquittal was based on an “erroneous foundation”
• concluding that court’s directed verdict of acquittal could not be reviewed without violating the Double Jeopardy Clause, despite fact that it rested upon an “egregiously erroneous foundation”
• concluding that court's directed verdict of acquittal could not be reviewed without violating the Double Jeopardy Clause, despite fact that it rested upon an \egregiously erroneous foundation\
• holding that a trial court’s determination during the course of the defendant’s trial that the defendant should be acquitted on a legally unsupportable ground was entitled to double jeopardy effect
• holding that a trial court’s determination during the course of the defendant’s trial that the defendant should be acquitted on a legally unsupportable ground was entitled to double jeopardy effect

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