MOYLAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
The broad umbrella known as the law of double jeopardy envelops four distinct sub-doctrines: 1) classic former jeopardy, arising out of the common law pleas in bar of autrefois convict and autrefois acquit; 2) simultaneous jeopardy, involving largely issues of merger and multiple punishment; 3) retrial following mistrial and 4) collateral estoppel. It is the third of these — retrial after mistrial...
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