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Coleman

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6. In 2019 the court ruled in favor of separate sovereigns
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 09:54 AM
Nov 2020

Which means federal charges and state charges do not risk double jeopardy. The court ruled 7-2, with RBG and Gorsuch dissenting, that separate sovereigns does not violate double jeopardy.

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