Legal Opinion
United States v. Reuben Sturman, United States of America v. Joe Zernic
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 28, 1982No. 81-5133, 81-5231PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
Reuben Sturman and Joe Zernic appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to dismiss a conspiracy indictment on double jeopardy grounds.1 We affirm.
On October 15, 1980 a federal grand jury for the southern district of Florida returned a six count superseding indictment charging Sturman, Zernic, and two named codefendants with violating federal obscenity laws. The first count charged that the four defendants had conspired with each other and with certain unnamed persons to transport obscene material in interstate commerce and to use common carriers to ship the…
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