Re: Mikey elevated to supreme court

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And that's about what they did with the guy's double jeopardy
argument. You can read all about it here.

http://www.judicial.state.ia.us/supreme/opinions/20001116/98-
2071.asp?search=ruesga#_1

On 4/07/06, M'sta Mikey wrote:
> On 4/06/06, Prairie Dawg wrote:
>> What people have been charged with here is criminal
>> transmission of HIV. Nobody's been charged with attempt
>> murder for the same act.
>> However, it is possible, and it wouldn't matter when the
>> person died if their death was a proximate result of the bad
>> conduct.
>> I worked on a case where the basis for the appeal was the
>> year and a day rule-LOL, the court took care of that right
>> fast. It involved a boy who was severely beaten and who died
>> four or five years later. The boyfriend had been convicted
>> of attempt murder and was tried for murder when the boy died.
>>
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but can it be said that double-jeopardy
> does not factor in here because these are two different
crimes,
> even though it involved the same individual?