Court Opinion

ID: 9527079
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:27:11.210088+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:25:31.624606
License: Public Domain

D. F. Walsh, J.
(concurring). I agree with Judge Burns that retrial is barred by the double jeopardy clause, but his reliance on Burks v United States, — US —; 98 S Ct 2141; 57 L Ed 2d 1 (1978), is misplaced.
The instant case was not reversed because of insufficient evidence but rather because the jury’s verdict amounted to an acquittal. When the jury found the defendant not guilty of armed robbery, it necessarily found that one of the elements of the offense charged had not been established. Once acquitted, a defendant may not be reprosecuted for the same offense. E.g. North Carolina v Pearce, 395 US 711; 89 S Ct 2072; 23 L Ed 2d 656 (1969).