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Case Study: Bravo Fernandez V. United States
Bravo Fernandez v. United States is a court case that deals with Double Jeopardy. Double Jeopardy can be defined as “the prosecution of a person twice for the same offense (dictionary.com). ” Bravo Fernandez v. United States was argued on October 4th, 2016, because of an incident that took place in May of 2005. Mr. Fernandez, whom is the president of a private security firm in Puerto Rico, and Hector Martinez-Maldonado who is a member of the Senate. Both traveled to Las Vegas to watch a boxing match. Mr. Fernandez and Mr. Martinez-Maldonado were indicted for the trips payment. The charges were violation of the federal bribery statute, conspiracy, and the Travel Act. These charges tied Mr. Martinez-Maldonado’s support of legislation beneficial
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