The U.S. Supreme Court recently considered whether an inconsistent verdict bars a retrial of a criminal defendant. The Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause normally protects an acquitted defendant from another trial for substantially the same crime. A jury's inconsistent verdict, however, raises the question whether the defendant was actually acquitted. In McElrath v. Georgia, the Supreme Court will decide whether the double jeopardy clause bars retrial of a defendant who was both convicted and acquitted in an inconsistent or "repugnant" verdict.