Saturday, February 7, 2009
Double jeopardy for Anthony Martinez' killer?
The PE reports here that Judge David B. Downing ruled Anthony Martinez' killer "can be tried in California for the 1997 murder of a Beaumont boy, even though the case was used in a federal trial in Idaho." Seems a no brainer. The United States and California are two separate sovereign entities each allowed to bring criminal actions against the same person.
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