Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles William McHan
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1992No. 91-5187PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
In this interlocutory appeal Charles William McHan, invoking the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment, attempts to bar his prosecution under Count 1 of the indictment in this case for his role in a 1984-86 conspiracy and under Count 16 for his role in a continuing criminal enterprise during the period 1984-88 because he pled guilty in 1988 to an indictment charging him with a drug conspiracy in March-May 1988. He contends (1) that the 1988 conspiracy for which he had already pled guilty is in fact part of the 1984-86 conspiracy charged, in Count 1 and (2) that…
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