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BLUEFORD v. ARKANSAS

No. 10-1320.

132 S.Ct. 2044 (2012)

182 L.Ed.2d 937

Alex BLUEFORD, Petitioner v. ARKANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford M. Sloan, for Petitioner.

Dustin McDaniel, Attorney General, for Respondent.

William R. Simpson, Jr., Sharon Kiel, Clint Miller, Sixth Judicial District (Arkansas), Public Defenders Office, Little Rock, AR, Clifford M. Sloan, Counsel of Record, Geoffrey M. Wyatt, David W. Foster, Moshe Spinowitz, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Dan Schweitzer, of Counsel, Washington, DC, Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas Attorney General, David R. Raupp, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Counsel of Record, Eileen W. Harrison, Lauren Elizabeth Heil, Valerie Glover Fortner, Assistant Attorneys General, Office of the Attorney General, Little Rock, AR, for Respondent.

Chief Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Double Jeopardy Clause protects against being tried twice for the same offense. The Clause does not, however, bar a second trial if the first ended in a mistrial. Before the jury concluded deliberations in this case, it reported that it was unanimous against guilt on charges of capital murder and first-degree murder, was deadlocked on manslaughter, and had not voted on negligent homicide. The court told...

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