Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Can a person be charged at both the state and federal level for a single criminal violation?

If a person commits a crime which is a violation of state law (lets say aggravated assault) could he also be charged in federal court for something that is technically a different charge (lets say Domestic assault by an habitual offender), or would that be covered under double jeopardy?

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