DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLAUSE

Double  Jeopardy  Clause.The  Fifth  Amendment  provision  stating,  “nor  shall  any  person  be

subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” • The clause, which was

ratified in 1791, does not prevent postacquittal appeals by the government if those appeals could

not result in  the  defendant’s being  subjected  to  a  second  trial  for  substantially  the  same  offense

before a second fact-trier. See United States v. Wilson, 420 U.S. 332, 95 S.Ct. 1013 (1975). [Cases:

Double Jeopardy    2. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 209.] [Blacks Law 8th]