Fong Foo v. United States

Fong Foo v. United States
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Fong Foo v. United States, 369 U.S. 141 (1962), was a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the protection from Double Jeopardy by the federal government. While the protection from double jeopardy did not get incorporated to apply to the state governments until 1969 (see Benton v. Maryland), the Supreme Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution prevented the Federal Government from bringing a defendant to trial twice for the same charge. In this case, the court ruled that despite the error of the District Judge, the 5^th Amendment protected the defendants from facing a second trial for the same charge. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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369 U.S. 141

Fong Foo v. United States

Argued: Jan. 16, 1962. --- Decided: March 19, 1962

Arthur Richenthal, New York City, for petitioners.

Archibald Cox, Solicitor General, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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