United States v. Barnwell

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTIONS TO DISMISS ON DOUBLE JEOPARDY AND SPEEDY TRIAL ACT GROUNDS

GERALD E. ROSEN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This criminal matter was reassigned to this Court following Chief Judge Friedman’s sua sponte recusal of himself after the case was remanded to this Court for a new trial pursuant to the Sixth Circuit’s September 7, 2007 Mandate. The case is presently before the Court on two motions filed by Defendant Barnwell on January 25, 2008: a “Motion to Dismiss Indictment Pursuant to the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment” and a “Motion to…