Ashe v. Swenson

The Double Jeopardy Clause prevents a state from relitigating a question already decided in favor of a defendant at a previous trial.At trial, a jury returned a general verdict of not guilty "due to insufficient evidence".[2] His case before the Supreme Court was presented pro bono by noted Washington attorney and former Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford.The state's case was argued by Gene E. Voigts, First Assistant Attorney General of Missouri.[3] The Supreme Court concluded from the record of the prior trial that the "single rationally conceivable issue in dispute before the jury was whether [Ashe] had been one of the robbers.
Supreme Court of the United StatesL. Ed. 2dU.S. LEXISDouble Jeopardy Clausecollateral estoppelWarren E. BurgerHugo BlackWilliam O. DouglasJohn M. Harlan IIWilliam J. Brennan Jr.Potter StewartByron WhiteThurgood MarshallUnited States Supreme Courtarmed robberyLee's SummitMissouriSupreme Courtpro bonoWashingtonSecretary of DefenseClark M. CliffordList of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 397Waller v. Florida"Rule of Collateral Estoppel Embodied in the Fifth Amendment Guaranty against Double Jeopardy"California Law ReviewUnited States Fifth Amendmentcriminal procedureGrand JuryHurtado v. CaliforniaEx parte BainWong Wing v. United StatesMaxwell v. DowUnited States v. MorelandBeck v. WashingtonUnited States v. CottonBlockburger v. United StatesGrady v. CorbinUnited States v. FelixUnited States v. DixonUnited States v. RandenbushBurton v. United StatesFong Foo v. United StatesBurks v. United StatesEvans v. MichiganBravo-Fernandez v. United StatesMcElrath v. GeorgiaUnited States v. WilsonLudwig v. MassachusettsSmith v. United StatesUnited States v. PerezUnited States v. JornUnited States v. DinitzOregon v. KennedyBlueford v. ArkansasBartkus v. IllinoisUnited States v. WheelerHeath v. AlabamaUnited States v. LaraPuerto Rico v. Sanchez ValleGamble v. United StatesDenezpi v. United StatesEx parte BigelowPalko v. ConnecticutLouisiana ex rel. Francis v. ResweberBaxstrom v. HeroldNorth Carolina v. PearceBenton v. MarylandSelf-Incrimination ClauseUnited States v. SullivanGriffin v. CaliforniaMiranda v. ArizonaWilliams v. FloridaEdwards v. ArizonaOregon v. ElstadIllinois v. PerkinsMcNeil v. WisconsinMitchell v. United StatesUnited States v. HubbellDickerson v. United StatesChavez v. MartinezYarborough v. AlvaradoMissouri v. SeibertUnited States v. PataneFlorida v. PowellMaryland v. ShatzerBerghuis v. ThompkinsJ. D. B. v. North CarolinaBobby v. DixonHowes v. FieldsSalinas v. TexasVega v. Tekoh