Legal Opinion
United States v. William Curtis, III
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 13, 1982No. 81-2712PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
William Curtis, III, was tried and convicted of several criminal offenses. Because of prosecutorial misconduct prejudicial to Curtis, this Court reversed his conviction and remanded the matter for a new trial. On remand, the district court held that further prosecution of Curtis was barred by the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment and consequently dismissed the indictments. We now reverse the district court’s ruling and remand the case once again for retrial.
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In late 1979 and early 1980, the Government indicted Curtis on three counts of…
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