Evans v. Michigan, 568 U.S. 313 (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that if a person accused of a crime receives a directed acquittal, the Double Jeopardy Clause bars a second trial of that person for the same crime, even if the person was acquitted in error.[1][2]
| Evans v. Michigan | |
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| Argued November 6, 2012 Decided January 20, 2013 | |
| Full case name | Lamar Evans v. Michigan |
| Docket no. | 11-1327 |
| Citations | 568 U.S. 313 (more) 133 S. Ct. 1069; 185 L. Ed. 2d 124; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 1614 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Acquittal reversed and remanded, 288 Mich. App. 410, 794 N.W.2d 848 (2010); affirmed, 491 Mich. 1, 810 N.W.2d 535; cert. granted, 567 U.S. 905 (2012). |
| Holding | |
| The double jeopardy clause bars a retrial when a directed verdict was rendered, even if erroneous. Michigan Supreme Court reversed. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Sotomayor, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan |
| Dissent | Alito |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. V | |
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