Legal Opinion

United States v. Timothy Jay Blackwell, A/K/A Tiny Lawrence Dean Lenihan, A/K/A Chitlin Larry William White

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided July 24, 1990No. 89-5591PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, District Judge:

This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of the appellants’ motions to dismiss the indictment for violation of the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment and for improper venue. Because the district court was correct in concluding that the protection offered criminal defendants by the double jeopardy clause is not implicated by the pending prosecution, we affirm the denial of that part of the appellants’ motions. Because we do not have interlocutory jurisdiction over the venue question, we decline to review the merits of that issue at this…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. United States v. Donald Berry Burns, United States of America v. Joseph L. LaforneyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
  2. Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Ex Parte Culver, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1996
  4. United States v. BelcherDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1991
  5. State v. AparoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992

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