Double Jeopardy in Focus
On October 2, 2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment in Hullum v. Commonwealth, addressing key issues around double jeopardy, duplicative convictions, and the retrial of lesser included offenses. Lance Hullum, the petitioner, appealed a county court’s decision denying his petition for extraordinary relief after his prior convictions were vacated and his retrial on […]