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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Shaun Figueroa

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28 January, 22:43

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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Braydon · Answer 1

I believe he is wrong

Double jeopardy refers to a situation when a person is being tried for the same case more than once. It is true that Armington had been convicted of the crime, but the civil suits are considered to be different from the criminal convictions, which make it does not fall under double jeopardy