A MANUAL OF JURY TRIAL PROCEDURES - 2004
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Chapter One: Pre-Trial Considerations

1.2     Double Jeopardy (Criminal)
          A. Jury Trial
          B. Court Trial   

A MANUAL OF JURY TRIAL PROCEDURES 2004

A.     Double Jeopardy (Criminal): Jury Trial

NCJIC Materials Related To This Issue:

NCJIC 257.2 [Double Jeopardy, Former Jeopardy]

Jeopardy attaches in a criminal jury trial when the jury is impaneled and sworn. United States v. McKoy, 78 F.3d 446, 449 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 817 (1996); Willhauck v. Flanagan, 448 U.S. 1323 (1980). "Jeopardy terminates when the jury reaches a verdict, or when the trial judge enters a final judgment of acquittal." United States v. Byrne, 203 F.3d 671, 673 (9th Cir. 2000), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 1114 (2001) (citing Fong Foo v. United States, 369 U.S. 141, 143 (1962)).

A MANUAL OF JURY TRIAL PROCEDURES - 2004

B.    Double Jeopardy (Criminal): Court Trial

Jeopardy does not attach in a criminal trial to the court until the first witness has been sworn. Willhauck v. Flanagan, 448 U.S. 1323, 1325-26 (1980).