Grafton v. United States
| Grafton v. United States | |
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| Decided May 27, 1907 | |
| Full case name | Grafton v. United States |
| Citations | 206 U.S. 333 (more) |
| Holding | |
| The Double Jeopardy Clause is not violated when the first conviction came from a court without jurisdiction to try the offense. Also, the separate sovereigns exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause does not apply in a U.S. territory because an insular area is not a sovereign state. | |
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Grafton v. United States, 206 U.S. 333 (1907), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the Double Jeopardy Clause is not violated when the first conviction came from a court without jurisdiction to try the offense. Also, the separate sovereigns exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause does not apply in a U.S. territory because an insular area is not a sovereign state.[1]
Background
After a soldier stationed in the Philippine Islands territory was court-martialed on a charge of manslaughter, he was acquitted. After that, he was indicted by the provincial court in Iloilo on murder charges. The soldier plead autrefois acquit to assert double jeopardy as a defense. The court rejected his plea. On appeal, that rejection was reversed and the defendant was released.[1]
Opinion of the court
The Supreme Court issued an opinion on May 27, 1907.[1][2]
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