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In section II, this Comment will briefly discuss Florida's False Claims Act, focusing on the specific sections that affect double jeopardy. The Comment will explore the decisions that analyze the way the Act can violate double jeopardy in section III. In section IV, the Comment will examine the “coordinated prosecution test and the method by which some courts have avoided double jeopardy implications. That section will also argue that the “coordinated prosecutions test is dead or dying. Lastly, section V will suggest that the only feasible way to avoid double jeopardy is to bring both civil and criminal suits in one combined proceeding. That section will probe the procedural and substantive obstacles to this combined proceeding, and will propose ways in which those obstacles can be solved. (Description from Source) |