Legal Opinion
United States v. Wagner
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 7, 1965No. Crim. No. 11566PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO QUASH THE INDICTMENT
BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
Defendant moves to quash an indictment charging him with embezzlement of $4,103.14 of the money and property of the Health & Welfare fund of his union local on the ground that a prosecution on the indictment would constitute double jeopardy.
A True Bill was first returned on May 17, 1965, charging the defendant Wagner with embezzling $4,103.14. On June 7, 1965, a plea of not guilty was entered. After the case was assigned for trial sometime in September, a conference of attorneys took place as a result of which the government’s…
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