The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Association of Federal Defenders, et al., Amici Curiae
Jonathan L. Marcus, Counsel of Record
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders are joined in this brief by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Jonathan L. Marcus is general counsel with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where he specializes in financial and antitrust law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 11, 2018. The constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy “is intrinsically personal.” — United States v. Halper (1989). “Deeply ingrained in at least the Anglo-American system of jurisprudence,” the double jeopardy…
