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SEDGWICK v. SUPERIOR COURT OF DIST. OF COLUMBIA

Civ. A. No. 76-1246.

417 F.Supp. 386 (1976)

Alan SEDGWICK, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Respondent.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick H. Weisberg, Jeffrey Freund, W. Gary Kohlman, Silas Wasserstrom, Public Defenders Service, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Robert Fabrikant, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GESELL, District Judge.

Petitioner seeks by habeas corpus in this Court to prevent his imminent retrial for serious criminal offenses in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. His claim is that a retrial is prohibited by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution which provides that no person shall be "twice in jeopardy of life or limb" for the same offense. Petitioner has fully exhausted his remedies through the District of Columbia...

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