Legal Opinion
United States v. Lopez
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided June 4, 1984No. Cr. No. 84-0145 HLPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAFFITTE, District Judge.
Defendant has filed a motion to obtain an order from the Court to the Government to *1392elect between the two charges of the indictment returned on March 28, 1984, because the charges are multiplicious. It is a two-count indictment.1
Defendant argues that he is charged with the single offense of embezzlement in more than one count.
After the matter was referred to the Magistrate, the Magistrate recommended that defendant’s motion as to multiplicity be denied. The objection to the Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation was heard before this Court through oral argument…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Prince v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- United States v. Russell Reed, James S. Doyle, and Thomas Francis RyanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Raymond CarterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Rick De La TorreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Kenneth ChristensenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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