| Litigants: | Evans v. Michigan |
| Arguedate: | November 6 |
| Argueyear: | 2012 |
| Decidedate: | January 20 |
| Decideyear: | 2013 |
| Fullname: | Lamar Evans v. Michigan |
| Docket: | 11-1327 |
| Oralargument: | https://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2012/2012_11_1327 |
| Usvol: | 568 |
| Uspage: | 313 |
| Parallelcitations: | 133 S. Ct. 1069; 185 L. Ed. 2d 124; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 1614 |
| Prior: | Acquittal reversed and remanded, 288 Mich. App. 410, 794 N.W.2d 848 (2010); affirmed, 491 Mich. 1, 810 N.W.2d 535; cert. granted, . |
| Holding: | The double jeopardy clause bars a retrial when a directed verdict was rendered, even if erroneous. Michigan Supreme Court reversed. |
| Majority: | Sotomayor |
| Joinmajority: | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan |
| Dissent: | Alito |
| Lawsapplied: | U.S. Const. amend. V |
Evans v. Michigan, 568 U.S. 313 (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that if a person accused of a crime receives a directed acquittal, the Double Jeopardy Clause bars a second trial of that person for the same crime, even if the person was acquitted in error.[1] [2]