Legal Opinion
United States v. Martin Byrski, Michael Farmer, Anthony Fucalaro, Eugene Hornowski, Kevin McNab James J. Villalpando, and Mathew Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 5, 1988No. 88-1725PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants’ first trial ended in a mistrial when the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. The defendants neither requested a mistrial nor consented to its declaration. When the district court subsequently set a date for a new trial, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss the indictment on the ground that the double jeopardy clause of the fifth amendment precluded their reprosecution. The defendants argued that the district court abused its discretion in finding the jury deadlocked and declaring a mistrial. The court denied the defendants’ motion to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Arizona v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. PerezSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Wade v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. DinitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- United States v. SandersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- United States v. John L. Carraway, John H. BondCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Charles W. Leigh & Ervin F. Dusek, and Estate of George Johnson, Intervening Cross-Appellees v. Clyde William Engle, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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