Horton Dowd Bartschi & Levesque, PC
- Jan 13, 2016
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, et al. (No. 15-108)
On Wednesday, January 12, 2016, the United States Supreme Court heard the case of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, et al. (No. 15-108), which poses the question of whether Puerto Rico is a separate sovereign for the purposes of the Double Jeopardy Clause under the United States Constitution. The Petitioner, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, filed a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico after it reversed the judgment of the Puerto Rico Appellate Co
