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It could have provided an opening for paul manafort. you'll remember within minutes of paul manafort being sentenced in washington, d.c., for the federal crimes, the manhattan district attorney brought charges against manafort in new york state for mortgage fraud crimes. paul manafort could have potentially argued he couldn't be brought in federal court and state court. the supreme court essentially putting that to rest, putting those chances that paul manafort could challenge this on a little bit lower of a level here because it does stand this separate sovereigns exception will stand that st...

Jeopardy. >> jessica joins us with the latest. what's interesting here is that question of can a state try you for things you've already been tried for on the federal level. the answer had been yes. does it remain yes? >> reporter: it does wree main yes. the supreme court upholding the province here. the supreme court here upholding this exception, which basically says that state and federal prosecutors can prosecute, can bring charges against one person for the same underlying crime without violating the double jeopardy clause. this was actually a challenge brought by an alabama man, a convic...