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Brock v. North Carolina, 344 U.S. 424 (1953)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Brock v. North Carolina, 344 U.S. 424 (1953)
Brock v. North Carolina No. 34 Argued October 23, 1952 Decided February 2, 1953 344 U.S. 424
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
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At a criminal prosecution of petitioner in a North Carolina state court, the judge declared a mistrial on the motion of the prosecution after two of the State’s witnesses refused to give any testimony before the jury. Petitioner was later convicted of the same offense in another trial, and his plea of double jeopardy overruled.
Held: To try petitioner a second time for the same offense after a first trial had been interrupted in the interests of justice did not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 424-428.
234 N.C. 390, 67 S.E.2d 282, affirmed.
Petitioner was convicted in a criminal prosecution in a North Carolina state court. The State Supreme Court affirmed. 234 N.C. 390, 67 S.E.2d 282. This Court granted certiorari. 343 U.S. 914. Affirmed, p. 428.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Brock v. North Carolina, 344 U.S. 424 (1953) in 344 U.S. 424 Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3SRUGWUIUEU56II.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Brock v. North Carolina, 344 U.S. 424 (1953), in 344 U.S. 424, Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3SRUGWUIUEU56II.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Brock v. North Carolina, 344 U.S. 424 (1953). cited in 1953, 344 U.S. 424. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3SRUGWUIUEU56II.
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