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Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law Today 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

Edition 10ISBN: 978-1305075443
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Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law Today 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

Edition 10ISBN: 978-1305075443
Exercise 5
Double Jeopardy.
Armington, while robbing a drugstore, shot and seriously injured Jennings, a drugstore clerk. Armington was subsequently convicted of armed robbery and assault and battery in a criminal trial. Jennings later brought a civil tort suit against Armington for damages. Armington contended that he could not be tried again for the same crime, as that would constitute double jeopardy, which is prohibited by the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Is Armington correct? Explain.
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No, Mr A is not correct.
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