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Double jeopardy: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Double jeopardy,” part of the Criminal Procedure area.

121decisions
55%favorable to the petitioner
26%unanimous
10altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1940s2
1950s15
1960s12
1970s38
1980s31
1990s9
2000s4
2010s7
2020s3

Most majority opinions

Legal provisions most often involved

Fifth Amendment (double jeopardy)103
Writ improvidently granted3
18 U.S.C. 9241
8 U.S.C. § 13261
Fifth Amendment (due process)1
21 U.S.C. § 8481
Fourteenth Amendment (due process)1
Estoppel1

All 121 decisions, newest first

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error