Legal Opinion
Coleman v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1980No. 79-592PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This appeal from a pretrial denial of a double jeopardy motion presents an interesting and somewhat unfortunate consequence of the Supreme Court’s decision in Abney v. United States, 431 U.S. 651, 97 S.Ct. 2034, 52 L.Ed.2d 651 (1977). In that case the Supreme Court held that a pretrial order denying a motion to dismiss, predicated on double jeopardy grounds, is final and appealable. It acknowledged the fears of the Solicitor General on the probability that a frivolous double jeopardy claim could be raised under an Abney appeal with the attendant delay in the trial of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. William George Dunbar, M. D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- John P. Mann v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- United States v. MacKDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Walter Ashe v. Luther D. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Gant v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Fitzgerald v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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