Does Double Jeopardy attach without a formal verdict? 
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: February 24, 2012
Tags: criminal cases, double jeopardy, formal verdict, SCOTUS
Sometime jury members can’t come to an agreement in criminal cases. But when jurors are prepared to acquit a defendant on the most serious charges in a case, but are deadlocked on the lesser included charges, can a defendant be retried or has jeopardy attached? That was the question confronting the justices of the U.S. [...]
Does Confrontation Clause bar expert DNA testimony?
By Kimberly Atkins
POSTED: December 9, 2011
Tags: Confrontation Clause, criminal cases, DNA testimony, U.S. supreme court
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have already looked at the issue of DNA evidence in criminal cases, with several rulings restricting prosecutors’ ability to admit such data without calling the lab analysts who prepared the tests to testify. Last week, the court took another look at the issue — this time considering whether [...]
