The dual sovereignty doctrine provides that an "ultimate fact" that is established in a criminal prosecution may not again be litigated in a second prosecution involving the same parties.

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The dual sovereignty doctrine actually allows for the possibility of being prosecuted by two different sovereigns (e.g., a state and the federal government) for the same act without violating the Double Jeopardy Clause, rather than preventing the relitigation of facts.

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