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Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law 9th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller
Edition 9ISBN: 978-1111530624Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law 9th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller
Edition 9ISBN: 978-1111530624 Exercise 14
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.
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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