Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Arocho Gonzalez v. United States
519 U.S. 1020
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1996-12-02
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- noting that “a ‘tool of the same authorities’ exception is possible in some circumstances,” which “may only be established by proof that State officials had little or no independent volition in their proceedings”
- under dual sovereignty rule, no double jeopardy bar to state and federal prosecution of same offense
- search of truck in driveway pursuant to warrant for home's premises
- federal prosecution not barred by prior foreign conviction
Citator
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- Cited by
- 22 opinions
C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 91 F. 3d 121.