Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jackson WONG, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 10, 1995No. 94-30404PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue in this appeal is whether administrative steps routinely taken prior to the formal institution of civil forfeiture proceedings, when combined with a criminal indictment arising out of the same facts, offend double jeopardy principles. We hold that they do not.
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Defendant Jackson Wong, a Canadian citizen, was arrested at the United States-Canadian border because he was in possession of counterfeit United States currency, and he was eventually indicted for currency violations. At the time of his arrest, government officials also took…
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