Opinion ID: 1163295
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Heading: Double Jeopardy Defined

Text: We recently discussed double jeopardy in In re C.M.J., 259 Kan. at 857, stating: `The Fifth Amendment Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution states: [N]or shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb. The double jeopardy guaranty is enforceable against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 23 L. Ed.2d 656, 89 S. Ct. 2072 (1969). Kansas also enforces an analogous double jeopardy clause in Section 10 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights. It states: No person shall ... be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense. The double jeopardy protection guaranteed in the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights is equivalent to the protection guaranteed in the United States Constitution. See State v. Cady, 254 Kan. 393, 396-97, 867 P.2d 270 (1994).' [ State v. Mertz, 258 Kan. 745, 749, 907 P.2d 847 (1995)]. In Mertz, we summarized the scope of the double jeopardy protections: `The Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution provides three different types of protection for a person charged with a crime. Double jeopardy protection shields an accused from: (1) a second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal, (2) a second prosecution for the same offense after conviction, and (3) multiple punishments for the same offense.' 258 Kan. 745, Syl. ¶ 3.