009 1-4169/83/7404-1300 THE JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY Vol. 74, No. 4 Copyright @ 1983 by Northwestern University School of Law Pinled in USA. FIFTH AMENDMENT-DOUBLEJEOPARDY: LEGISLATIVE INTENTCONTROLS IN CRIMES ANDPUNISHMENTS Missouri v. Hunter, 103 S.Ct. 673 (1983).
1 Imminent and immanent are both inextricably connected to the concept of proximity. 2  The difference in spelling between eminent and imminent is the initial vowel and the single/double m that follows. 3  The difference in spelling between imminent and immanent is the middle vowel.
If you ask 100 lawyers or psychiatrists or police officers to define and explain the difference between immediate and imminent danger you will get an interchangeable use of both words with an individualized interpretation.