No. 23A632
Carlos Guardado v. Massachusetts
Tags: criminal-procedure double-jeopardy legal-development retrial second-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether there is an exception to this Court's holding in Burks v. United States, 437 U.S. 1, 11 (1978), when there was a change in the law as to the elements of the offense after the first proceeding was complete.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause permits a retrial when the record from a first trial is insufficient to support a conviction based on a legal development that occurred after the initial trial was complete
Docket Entries
2024-01-09
Application (23A632) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until February 14, 2024.
2023-01-05
Application (23A632) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 24, 2024 to February 14, 2024, submitted to Justice Jackson.
Attorneys
Carlos Guardado
David Jacob Zimmer — Goodwin Procter LLP, Petitioner