Waller v. Florida

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Waller v. Florida, 397 U.S. 387 (1970), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the Double Jeopardy Clause protects defendants from successive prosecutions by states and municipalities for offenses based on the same criminal conduct.

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397 U.S. 387

Waller  v.  Florida

 Argued: Nov. 13, 1969. --- Decided: April 6, 1970

See 398 U.S. 914, 90 S.Ct. 1684.

Leslie H. Levinson, Gainesville, Fla., for petitioner.

George Georgieff, Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent.

Mr. Chief Justice BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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