Defendant acquitted by reason of insanity can't be retried, despite inconsistency, SCOTUS rules in Jackson opinion

The jury's verdict constituted an acquittal for double jeopardy purposes, and an acquittal is an acquittal notwithstanding its apparent inconsistency with other verdicts that the jury may have rendered, wrote Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court in a Feb. 21 decision.

A defendant acquitted on [insanity] basis is committed to a state mental health facility until a court determines he may be released.

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