Abbate v. United States, Abbate was charged with with the crime of conspiring to destroy the property of another even though, he informed Chicago police of what was going to happen. He was charged in Illinois. Later on, Norman McLeod testified against his former co-conspirators in trial federal court. The jury found Abbate and the other two co-conspirators guilty. The three men argued that this conviction violated their Fifth Amendment Double Jeopardy right. The issue in this case was whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits federal prosecutions that are based on the same facts that underpin a defendant's conviction under state law? The Supreme Court ruled that the Double Jeopardy Clause does not apply to a federal prosecution that follows a state prosecution of the same person for the same actions. The second case I read, Benton v. Maryland, Benton was charged with burglary and larceny in a Maryland court. The jury found him guilty of larceny, but not burglary. He then appealed his case on the grounds that the grand jury who that indicted him were chosen unconstitutionally. The case was remanded and Benton went up against another grand jury. This jury charged him with both larceny and burglary. Benton appealed this and said that being charged with larceny after being acquitted in the first case violated his 5th Amendment Double Jeopardy right. The Maryland Supreme Court that the double-jeopardy clause did not apply to state court criminal proceedings. The issue in this case was whether Benton's second indictment, trial, and conviction for larceny violate the Fifth Amendment provision against double jeopardy. 

The Supreme Court reversed the appellate court's ruling under the grounds that the double jeopardy clause is applicable to the states because of the due process clause in the 14th Amendment. Overall, both cases were very interesting on how the Supreme Court rules whether something violates the 5th Amendment Double Jeopardy Clause or not.