United States v. Perez

United States v. Josef Perez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 17, 1824
Full case name	The United States v. Josef Perez
Citations	22 U.S. 579 (more) 9 Wheat. 579; 6 L. Ed. 165
Case history
Prior	United States v. Perez, 27 F. Cas. 504 (C.C.S.D.N.Y. 1823) (No. 16,033)
Holding
Double jeopardy does not prevent a defendant from being retried after a hung jury.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Marshall Associate Justices Bushrod Washington · William Johnson Thomas Todd · Gabriel Duvall Joseph Story · Smith Thompson
Case opinion
Majority	Story, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

United States v. Josef Perez, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat) 579 (1824), is a case of the Supreme Court of the United States. The decision held that when a criminal trial results in a hung jury, the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment does not prevent the defendant from being retried.