Grady v. Corbin

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Grady v. Corbin
ArgueDate=March 21
ArgueYear=1990
DecideDate=May 29
DecideYear=1990
FullName=William V. Grady, District Attorney of Dutchess County v. Thomas J. Corbin
USVol=495
USPage=508
Citation=110 S.Ct. 2084
Prior=Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of New York
Subsequent=
Holding=The Double Jeopardy Clause bars a subsequent prosecution if, to establish an essential element of an offense charged in that prosecution, the government will prove conduct that constitutes an offense for which the defendant has already been prosecuted.
SCOTUS=1988-1990
Majority=Brennan
JoinMajority=White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens
Dissent=O'Connor
Dissent2=Scalia
JoinDissent2=Rehnquist, Kennedy
LawsApplied=

"Grady v. Corbin", 495 U.S. 508 (1990), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that: "the Double Jeopardy Clause bars a subsequent prosecution if, to establish an essential element of an offense charged in that prosecution, the government will prove conduct that constitutes an offense for which the defendant has already been prosecuted." [cite web|url=http://supreme.justia.com/us/495/508/case.html|title=GRADY V. CORBIN, 495 U. S. 508 (1990)|accessdate=2008-08-30|publisher=Justia]

In fall of 1987, Corbin was driving under the influence as he drove his automobile across the center line of a New York highway and collided with two oncoming vehicles. Brenda Dirago, the driver of the second vehicle, died in this accident while her husband was seriously injured. Later that same day, Corbin was charged with DUI and pleaded guilty. The Supreme Court ruled that to try him now for homicide would constitute double jeopardy.cite news |first=Lisa W. |last=Foderaro |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Double-Jeopardy Ruling Compounds Grief |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0D7163AF931A35755C0A966958260 |work=New York Times |publisher= |date=1990-06-02 |accessdate= ]

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 495
*"United States v. Felix" (1993)

References

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Barton |first=S. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1990 |month= |title="Grady v. Corbin": An Unsuccessfull Effort to Define Same Offense |journal=Georgia Law Review |volume=25 |issue= |pages=143 |issn=00168300 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Brudzinski |first=Walter J. |authorlink= |coauthors=Farashahi, Afshin |year=1992 |month= |title=Double Jeopardy in Successive Prosecutions: The Impact of "Grady v. Corbin" |journal=Thomas Jefferson Law Review |volume=14 |issue= |pages=181 |issn=10905278 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=McGinnis |first=L. A. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1990 |month= |title="Grady v. Corbin": Doubling the Scope of the Double Jeopardy Clause |journal=Ohio Northern University Law Review |volume=17 |issue= |pages=873 |issn=0094534X |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Webre |first=C. J. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1990 |month= |title="Grady v. Corbin": Successive Prosecutions Must Survive Heightened Double Jeopardy Protection |journal=Loyola Law Review |volume=36 |issue= |pages=1171 |issn=01929720 |url= |accessdate= |quote=