Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Matthews v. United States

59 L. Ed. 2d 790

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1979-03-26
Topic
general

explaining that where "prosecutorial overreaching” is present the interests protected by the Double Jeopardy Clause outweigh society's interest in conducting a second trial ending in acquittal or conviction | certified documents from Missouri Department of Revenue showing ownership of automobile admissible as public record | reasonable possibility that error materially affected the verdict | "affecting outcome" test synonymous with harmless error standard | “affecting outcome” test synonymous with harmless error standard

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.