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- authority type
- case
- jurisdiction
- federal_nationwide
- publication status
- published_united_states_reports
- precedential status
- binding
- decision or issuance date
- 1978-06-14
- subsequent history
- Official source reviewed through 2026-08-25.
- negative treatment status
- Official primary sources checked through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
- material limitations
- Use only for the bounded propositions and limitations stated in the linked canonical module.
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Linked modules
Burks v. United States
Holding used
An appellate determination of evidentiary insufficiency requires acquittal and bars retrial, while ordinary trial-error reversal permits retrial.
Material limitation
The challenged ruling must be correctly classified; not every reversal, dismissal, or new-trial order is an insufficiency acquittal.
Official source and pinpoints
437 U.S. 1, 14–18 (1978): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-437/pdf/USREPORTS-437-1.pdf