His attorneys, meanwhile, have used testimony from multiple prosecution witnesses to support his defense.
See United States v. Dixon, 509 U. S. 688, 696 (1993) ("In both the multiple punishment and multiple prosecution contexts, this Court has concluded that where the two of- fenses for which the defendant is punished or tried cannot survive the 'same-elements' test, the double jeopardy bar applies").
In any event, multiple prosecutions are likely, Mr. Carter said.
Since 2011, Rajab has faced multiple prosecutions and prison sentences for his activism.
Unlike his two predecessors, who systematically harassed the industry with confiscations, multiple prosecutions, fines, jail terms.
Multiple prosecutions, "such as Mary Jo White's June 2000 indictment-fest, were credited with destroying the very core of organized crime, forever, everywhere," he adds.
In the last two years, similar accusations have been made against activists and journalists across Egypt, leading to multiple prosecutions and prison sentences.
The Double Jeopardy Clause does protect a defendant against governmental actions intended to provoke mistrial requests and thereby to subject defendants to the substantial burdens imposed by multiple prosecutions.
However, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that such multiple prosecutions by separate sovereigns are not prohibited by the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
2156, at 2159, 57 L.Ed.2d 24, this Court has also developed a body of law g arding the separate but related interest of a defendant in avoiding multiple prosecutions even where no final determination of guilt or innocence has been made.
But "the Double Jeopardy Clause does protect a defendant against governmental actions intended to provoke mistrial requests and thereby to subject defendants to the substantial burdens imposed by multiple prosecutions". Id., at 611, 96 S.Ct., at 1081.
