[Politically Correct]

Prosecuted for assault 9 years ago.
Porsecuted for manslaughter now.

doesn't sound like double jeopardy to me.

[xJones]

This story is terrible.

Pattah was 16 and Venn 17 when Venn punched him between the eyes during a melee in the parking lot of West Bloomfield High in 1994. Pattah fell backward, hitting his head on the pavement with such force that his brain stem was severed.

Pattah came from a deeply religious Chaldean Christian family that had immigrated 30 years before from Iraq. Desmon Venn has been in and out of trouble ever since. That was one hell of a punch, and the 16 year-old lingered in a coma for 9 years.

[jude24]

Serves him right.

Although I expect the defense will try to dispute causation (i.e., that the deceadant's death was not causatively due to the actions of the defendant).

I would. however, be suprised if it worked.

[Catspaw]

There was a similar case in our county. Two punks beat up a bass player for a jazz quartet who was outside a local bar for a break. He was in a coma for 3-4 years before he died. His lawyers tried to claim double jeopardy because they'd been tried for assault & were now charged murder or manslaughter (I can't remember which), but the appeals court ruled against them. Both the punks ended up with another 50 years consecutive to the 20 they were already serving for the assault charge.

[Stone Mountain]

Prosecuted for assault 9 years ago. Porsecuted for manslaughter now. doesn't sound like double jeopardy to me.

Sounds like double jeopardy to me. He is being prosecuted twice for the same incident.