Labels:book | reckoner | sky | tree OCR: 20 the state WO.J trying for robbery after he was acquitted of murder during the course robbery. This fesult was constitutionally required under the collateral estoppel prong of the double jeopardy clause even though state law prohibited defendant from being jointly tried for murder and any otfer offense. sure the states arc empowered, within broad linits define various criminal offenses, establish penal lties for violations of their laws, and establish procedures br which disputes are resolved. See generally, Pafterson New York 432 U.S 197 201 (1977). The federal courts are never theless bound to determine whether the state procedures violate the federal constitution. State rulings concerning procedures established or the elements of various offenses Isnu necessarily be consulted by the f ...
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