United States v. Ajimura

DECISION ON MOTIONS TO BAR RETRIAL

SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.

In April 1975, the Grand Jury indicted Masaichi Ajimura and his wife, Yuriko Ajimura, on three counts of tax evasion. 1 According to the indictment, the defendants had jointly reported no taxable income for 1968, 1969, and 1970, when their taxable income had been $9056.31, $25,799.36, and $20,462.85, respectively. Accordingly, their tax payments would have been $1733.32, $5963.10, and $4641.31, respectively. The defendants retained separate counsel.

The present question stems from the events of July 6,1977, the day trial without a…