Gamble v. United States
Supreme Court
139 S. Ct. 1960 (2019)
Relevant factsFree
Alabama convicted Terance Gamble (defendant) of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and the federal government then separately charged him under its own felon-in-possession statute for the identical incident; Gamble moved to dismiss the federal charge on double-jeopardy grounds, the trial court rejected the motion under the dual-sovereignty doctrine, the appellate court affirmed, and the Supreme Court granted review.
IssueFree
Whether successive prosecutions by a state and the federal government, based on the same underlying conduct, violate the Double Jeopardy Clause's prohibition on being tried twice for the same offense.