The case is about Bartkus, who was acquitted for robbing a bank in a federal court but was later convicted in an Illinois court for the same crime under the Illinois Habitual Criminal Statute. The Supreme Court is considering if this second prosecution violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits practices that are "repugnant to the conscience of mankind." The relevant facts include the history of the interpretation of the first eight amendments and the precedent of successive state and federal prosecutions.

Bartkus v. Illinois (1959)
Supreme Court of the United States
359 U.S. 121, 3 L. Ed. 2d 684, 79 S. Ct. 676, 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1824, SCDB 1958-065

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