United States v. Jones

*360MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CROW, Senior District Judge.

On August 7, 1997, the grand jury returned a four count indictment charging the defendant, Ronnie Jones, with four separate drug trafficking crimes. Prior to that time state prosecutors had pursued a criminal case against Jones for those same acts. On the morning of September 12, 1997, the defendant was brought before the magistrate judge for the purpose of determining whether he should be detained or released on bond pending trial. During that hearing, the magistrate judge determined that the defendant’s proffer overcame the presumption of…