United States v. George M. Verrusio

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

The primary issue presented in this appeal is whether the district court properly denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss three counts of an indictment on the ground that those charges violated a prior plea agreement. For the reasons stated below, we will reverse the ruling on the motion to dismiss and remand for further proceedings.

I

In December 1977 George Michael Verrusio was arrested for possession of cocaine at Indianapolis International Airport by Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) agents. The details of that arrest are set forth in our opinion…