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- authority type
- case
- jurisdiction
- federal_nationwide
- publication status
- published_united_states_reports
- precedential status
- binding
- decision or issuance date
- 2013-02-20
- subsequent history
- Official source reviewed through 2026-08-25.
- negative treatment status
- Official primary sources checked through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
- material limitations
- Use only for the bounded propositions and limitations stated in the linked canonical module.
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Linked modules
Evans v. Michigan
Holding used
A substantive insufficiency ruling is an acquittal and bars retrial even when based on an erroneously added element; labels do not control.
Material limitation
The ruling must actually resolve criminal liability on insufficiency grounds rather than correct an ordinary procedural or trial error.
Official source and pinpoints
568 U.S. 313, 318–30 (2013): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-568/pdf/USREPORTS-568-313.pdf