No person shall . . . be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
The issue in Blueford v. Arkansas
What is "Double Jeopardy"?
The order the jury had to follow in deliberating the charges against Blueford
What is most severe to least severe?
The principle that holds that criminal defendants cannot be tried for the same crime twice.
What is "Double Jeopardy"?
What is "declare a mistrial"?
The charges the jury foreperson reported were not unanimous in Blueford's case
What are manslaughter and negligent homicide?
A fairness concern for criminal defendants in the Double Jeopardy context
What is expense?
Accepted: anxiety, embarassment, presumption of innocence
The Supreme Court in Blueford v. Arkansas pointed out that the jury could always do this in Alex Blueford's case
What is "deliberate the more severe charges again"?
The main concern the Court had in Blueford v. Arkansas
What is a lack of finality?
The person who reports the jury's finding
When the legal process outweighs the substantive component of the law
What is "form over substance"?
The charges the jury foreperson reported were unanimous in Blueford's case
What are capital murder and first degree murder?