Waller v. Florida

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Waller v. Florida
ArgueDate=November 13
ArgueYear=1969
DecideDate=April 6
DecideYear=1970
FullName=Joseph Waller, Jr., Petitioner v. State of Florida
USVol=397
USPage=387
Citation=90 S.Ct. 1184, 25 L.Ed.2d 435
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=The Double Jeopardy Clause protects defendants from successive prosecutions by states and municipalities for offenses based on the same criminal conduct.
SCOTUS=1970-1971
Majority=Burger
JoinMajority=Black, Douglas, Harlan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun
Concurrence=Brennan
LawsApplied=

"Waller v. Florida", 397 U.S. 387 (1970), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the Double Jeopardy Clause protects defendants from successive prosecutions by states and municipalities for offenses based on the same criminal conduct.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 397
*"Ashe v. Swenson" (1970)

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Schaefer |first=Walter V. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1970 |month= |title=Unresolved Issues in the Law of Double Jeopardy: "Waller" and "Ashe" |journal=California Law Review |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=391–404 |doi=10.2307/3479664 |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Shuford |first=B. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1972 |month= |title=Double Jeopardy: A Protection or an Empty Promise? |journal=Florida Law Review |volume=25 |issue= |pages=838 |issn=10454241 |url= |accessdate= |quote=