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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I won't say likely. I won't even go with probable.
'Possible', certainly. But the prosecution never even truly began it's case-in-chief, let alone wrapped it up. And as this case was clearly not decided based on the merits, I'm not sure how a court would determine there was any double jeopardy here.
The obvious issue is the fact that a jury was selected and there could be prejudice to the defendant by now subjecting him to a 2nd jury. But with the court having no earthly idea how jury 1 would have ruled (afterall, maybe this save's Rocket's ass), I think they would be reluctant to engage in that much speculation and call it a double-jeopardy matter.
Now this is bad prosecuting. That's probably the singled dumbest thing I've ever even heard of an attorney doing. It's just staggering that a US Attorney could've been that careless.
Somebody should lose their job over it, for sure.
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Jeopardy is attached once the jury is sworn in.