1. Diamond Jackson, Nick Collins, &Thomas
Ford
Mrs. Washington Gov’t 5th Period
Jan.31,2013

2. Benton v. Maryland

3. WHO ??
 Maryland is the Plaintiff.
 Benton is the Defendant.

4. WHAT ??
 He was tried in a Maryland state court for
burglary and larceny.
 He was convicted of burglary & sentenced
10 years.
 The juries had been selected under an
invalid constitutional provision, which
remanded the case
 He got charged again with the same case
which is called “Double Jeopardy”.

5. WHEN ??
 Argued in December 12, 1968
 Reargued in March 24, 1969
 Decided in June 23, 1969

6. WHERE??
 The case took place in a Maryland
Courthouse

7. WHY ??
 The Court of Maryland had made an
mistake for charging Benton for the same
crime twice.

8. WHAT ??
 On retrial, he was found guilty of both
offenses, and concurrently sentenced to
15 years for burglary and 5 years for
larceny. The appellate court ruled against
petitioner on the double jeopardy issue
and affirmed.
 It wasn’t any other cases involved.

9. OUTCOME & OPINIONS !!
 Nick thinks : I think that double jeopardy is
stupid !
 Diamond thinks : I think it was wrong for
trying 2 charge in for the same crime
 Thomas : ------------------

10. HYPERLINKS !!
 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/6
 %3chttp://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/histo