Legal Opinion
Pennington v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 30, 1983No. 83-859PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This appeal was taken from the denial by the trial court of defendant-appellant Pennington’s motion to dismiss his indictment on double jeopardy grounds. The United States has now moved for summary affirmance. In his motion to dismiss, Pennington asserted that he was entitled, under Oregon v. Kennedy, 456 U.S. 667, 102 S.Ct. 2083, 72 L.Ed.2d 416 (1982), to dismissal because the government intentionally caused his first trial to end in a mistrial. Because there is ample evidence in the record to support the trial judge’s finding that the government did not, in fact,…
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