Double Jeopardy

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1. Which combination is necessary for the ordinary former-jeopardy bar under Rule 117 section 7?
2. Besides the same offense, what does section 7 generally include in the protection after valid termination of first jeop…
3. A charge is dismissed before the accused is ever arraigned or enters a plea. Assuming no distinct legal bar, does that …
4. After a valid trial and acquittal, the State finds an additional witness and seeks a second ordinary prosecution for th…
5. After conviction for injuries, a genuinely graver offense develops from supervening facts arising from the same act. Do…
6. A defendant invokes an acquittal in a prior case to bar a second charge merely because both arose during one encounter.…
7. After an acquittal, the prosecution uses Rule 65 and alleges only that the trial court misunderstood incriminating test…
8. State the requisites for the ordinary double-jeopardy bar and the relationship the later charge must bear to the first.
9. Explain the Rule 117 section 7 exceptions allowing prosecution for a graver necessarily inclusive offense after the for…
10. Distinguish an impermissible merits challenge to a valid acquittal from the strict jurisdictional exception discussed i…
11. When the same act is punished by both a law and an ordinance, what does ArticleIII Section21 say about conviction or ac…
12. Under Rule117 Section7’s graver-offense exceptions, is prior satisfaction or service of the judgment ignored upon convi…