The following excerpt is from Marroquin v. Gore, Case No.: 3:18-cv-00623-DMS-RBM (S.D. Cal. 2019):
The guarantee against double jeopardy "has been said to consist of three separate constitutional protections. It protects against a second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal. It protects against a second prosecution for the same offense after conviction. And it protects against multiple punishments for the same offense." United States v. DiFrancesco, 449 U.S. at 129, (citing North Caroline v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711,
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717 (1969)); see Illinois v. Vitale, 447 U.S. 410, 415 (1980). However, the guarantee against double jeopardy does not protect against the revocation of probation and the imposition of imprisonment. United States v. DiFrancesco, 449 U.S. at 129; see Thomas v. United States, 327 F.2d 795 (10th Cir. 1964).
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