A State May, Consistent with the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment Seek the Death Penalty on Retrial following a Jury Deadlock at the First Capital-Sentencing Proceeding and Resulting Default Sentence of Life Imprisonment: Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania

Authors

James R. Franks

Abstract

The United States Supreme Court held that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment did not prevent Pennsylvania from seeking the death penalty on retrial because neither the jury deadlock in the capital-sentencing phase proceeding, nor the resulting entry of a default sentence of life imprisonment, constituted an acquittal on the merits.

Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania, 537 U.S. 101 (2003).

First Page

177

Recommended Citation

James R. Franks, A State May, Consistent with the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment Seek the Death Penalty on Retrial following a Jury Deadlock at the First Capital-Sentencing Proceeding and Resulting Default Sentence of Life Imprisonment: Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania, 42 Duq. L. Rev. 177 (2003).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol42/iss1/8