Definition of DOUBLE JEOPARDY in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Common-law and constitutional prohibition against "double jeopardy" refers not to the same offense eo nomine but to the same crime, transaction, or omission. Driggers v. State, 137 Fla. 182, 188 So. 118, 120. A second prosecution after a first trial for the same offense. People ex rel. Rozea v. Warden of Queens County Jail, 43 N.Y.S.2d 211, 213.
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