Legal Opinion
United States v. Samuel Lee Petty
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 10, 1995No. 94-1765PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
In this interlocutory appeal, Samuel Lee Petty challenges the district court’s 1 denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment for conspiracy to possess and distribute narcotics on Double Jeopardy grounds. Petty contends that the present indictment alleges the same conspiracy for which he was already found not guilty by a jury in United States v. Lewis-Bey, No. 91-1CR(6) (E.D.Mo. June 15, 1993) (Lewis-Bey case). The question before this court is whether the conspiracies charged in each indictment are one and the same. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the…
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