Double Jeopardy

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1. Does the discovered-facts exception use discovery only after the former plea as its stated reference point?
2. The same act violates a statute and a municipal ordinance. After a valid acquittal under the ordinance, the State propo…
3. A lawful graver-offense prosecution falls within a Section7 exception after a former conviction. The accused already se…
4. Facts constituting a graver necessarily inclusive charge were already known before the former plea. The State invokes o…
5. An accused was convicted on a lesser guilty plea entered without the required prosecutor and offended-party consent; th…
6. Explain the constitutional same-act rule where both a statute and ordinance punish the conduct.
7. Distinguish newly discovered graver-charge facts from a later prosecutorial decision to rely on facts already known bef…
8. Discuss the treatment of partial service of a former judgment when a graver-offense prosecution is valid under an enume…