United States v. Wecht

OPINION OF THE COURT

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents questions of both factual and legal significance. Factually, we write yet another chapter in the ongoing appellate saga surrounding the criminal prosecution of Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, a renowned former county coroner whose name and face have appeared in the media over the past several decades. Legally, we decide issues surrounding one of the most rooted and basic of our Constitution’s guarantees of individual liberties: the right not “to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb” for the same offense. U.S. Const, amend. V.

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The facts of…