Wayne Lee v. United States

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• holding that even when the jury is the primary fact finder, the trial judge may resolve that the government failed to carry its burden
• concluding that trial court violated double jeopardy clause when it found evidence supporting essential element of offense insufficient, granted defendant’s motion for required finding of not guilty under Massachusetts Rule of Criminal Procedure 25(a
• positing that the \tentative\ nature of a midtrial sufficiency-of-the-evidence ruling would alter the double jeopardy calculus
• positing that the “tentative” nature of a midtrial sufficieney-of-the-evidence ruling would alter the double jeopardy calculus
• holding that Double Jeopardy Clause barred trial court from submitting count to jury when court had previously acquitted defendant of that count and rejecting argument that court’s submission of that count to jury was permissible retraction of prior acquittal
• holding that Double Jeopardy Clause barred trial court from submitting count to jury when court had previously acquitted defendant of that count and rejecting argument that court's submission of that count to jury was permissible retraction of prior acquittal

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