Opinion ID: 2614563
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Heading: Constitutional LawDouble Jeopardy

Text: The issue whether a reprosecution is barred by double jeopardy is a question of constitutional law. We review questions of constitutional law by exercising our own independent constitutional judgment based on the facts of the case. State v. Arceo, 84 Hawai`i 1, 11, 928 P.2d 843, 853 (1996) (quoting State v. Trainor, 83 Hawai`i 250, 255, 925 P.2d 818, 823 (1996), and State v. Lee, 83 Hawai`i 267, 273, 925 P.2d 1091, 1097 (1996)). Accordingly, we review questions of constitutional law de novo under the right/wrong standard. Whiting v. State, 88 Hawai`i 356, 358, 966 P.2d 1082, 1084 (1998) (citing State v. Quitog, 85 Hawai`i 128, 139, 938 P.2d 559, 570 (1997), and State v. Toyomura, 80 Hawai`i 8, 15, 904 P.2d 893, 900 (1995) (citing State v. Higa, 79 Hawai`i 1, 3, 897 P.2d 928, 930, reconsideration denied, 79 Hawai`i 341, 902 P.2d 976 (1995))); see also State v. Mallan, 86 Hawai`i 440, 443, 950 P.2d 178, 181 (1998) (citation omitted).