DUAL-PROSECUTION RULE

By SovConn | July 26, 2014

dual-prosecution rule.The principle that the federal government and a state government may

both  prosecute  a  defendant  for  the  same  offense  because  both  governments  are  separate  and

distinct entities. See DUAL-SOVEREIGNTY DOCTRINE . [Cases: Double Jeopardy    186. C.J.S.

Criminal Law § 258.] [Blacks Law 8th]

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