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- authority type
- case
- jurisdiction
- federal_nationwide
- publication status
- published_united_states_reports
- precedential status
- binding
- decision or issuance date
- 1824-03-02
- 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
United States v. Perez
Holding used
A court may discharge a genuinely deadlocked jury and retry the defendant when manifest necessity or the ends of public justice support that course.
Material limitation
Manifest necessity is record- and cause-specific; a hung jury does not authorize a casual or automatic mistrial.
Official source and pinpoints
22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 579, 580 (1824): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-22/pdf/USREPORTS-22-579.pdf