Murder

[flip-flop]

This Q emanates from a short story I read years ago...................if I was convicted of a murder that I did not commit and served my sentence - and upon my release discovered that my supposed victim was not in fact dead but had assumed another identity and I killed him, could I be arrested and convicted for the murder of somebody that I had previously been convicted of murdering?

Does that make sense?

[NORMANTHEDOG]

flip flop,what time do you have to be back in the hospital.

[flip-flop]

Been a very very long afternoon Norm!

[WoWo]

Hey that would make a great film.....

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150377/

The law which pertains to Double Jeopardy was removed recently in the UK so it would be possible to be tried for the same crime twice however I'n not sure what would happen in your case as the law was changed to allow people not conviced to be tried again.

Either way I think you could be convicted again.

[Loosehead]

Even before the law was changed you could still be tried for murder. This is why, the first murder the state accept now that you did not do and your senetence was served in error, the state is very sorry and would no doubt be compensated. Now the new murder is a completely seperate incident and is unrelated to the first, it is premeditated murder based on a false belief, you are nicked sunshine!

The file mentioned above falsely represented the double jeopardy rule, ie if you are tried for a crime and acquited then you cannot be retried for the same crime even if new evidence comes to light, that of course has now changed but the position you are referring to is clear.

[Loosehead]

Sorry typos

film instead of file