In what circumstances will double jeopardy apply?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fields, 30 Cal.App.4th 1731, 36 Cal.Rptr.2d 777 (Cal. App. 1994):
In People v. Saunders (1993) 5 Cal.4th 580, 593, 20 Cal.Rptr.2d 638, 853 P.2d 1093, the court "assume[d], without deciding, that double jeopardy principles apply to allegations of prior convictions [citations]," but concluded that, because proceedings regarding the alleged prior convictions had not yet transpired
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