mamicita06 said:
What is the name of your state? louisiana
hello everyone i really hope someone can help with advice.
my husband is locked up... he was given 15 years for armed robbery...he been in there for a few years already. i think he got double jeopardy because the dude that was with him got only a few years.
we need to get him a post conviction relief lawyer to get his sentence reduce.
if anyone know how we can get his sentence reduced for an affordable price...if you know any lawyers or programs please post because i really need all the advice.
thank you.
If your husband has been in the clink for a few years, then his time for post conviction relief has long since passed.
Related phrases: freedom from double jeopardy
Definitions of double jeopardy on the Web:
* Putting a person on trial more than once for the same crime. It is forbidden by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
brandonlclark.com/glossary.html
* Common law and constitutional prohibition (5th Amendment) against more than one prosecution for the same crime.
www.utcourts.gov/resources/glossary.htm
* Being charged twice for the same crime. No individual can be charged for the same crime if found not guilty during a criminal trial.
207.176.67.2/police/va/termsa.html
* The double jeopardy provisions of the United States and Texas Constitutions protect against: (1) a second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal; (2) a second prosecution for the same offense after conviction; and (3) multiple punishments for the same offense. ...
www.charges-dropped.com/law-glossary.html
* the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* Double jeopardy is a procedural defense (and, in the United States, a constitutional right) that forbids a defendant from being tried a second time for a crime, after having already been tried for the same crime. At common law a defendant can plead autrefois acquit or autrefois convict; meaning the defendant has been acquitted or convicted of the same offence previously.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_jeopardy
* Double Jeopardy is a movie made in 1999 starring Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd, about an innocent woman who is framed by her husband for his murder. She serves several years in prison and then emerges bent on revenge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Jeopardy_(movie)
