Oregon v. Kennedy
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oregon-v-kennedy-244-16610946
title:
Oregon v. Kennedy
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Oregon v. Kennedy, 456 U.S. 667 (1982), was a United States Supreme Court decision dealing with the appropriate test for determining whether a criminal defendant has been "goaded" by the prosecution's bad actions into motioning for a mistrial. This matters because the answer determines whether a defendant can be retried. Ordinarily, a defendant who requests a mistrial can be forced to stand trial a second time, see United States v. Dinitz. However, if the prosecution's conduct was "intended to p
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1982 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_v._Kennedy
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2023-09-13T02:51:08Z
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