United States v. Crumpler

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.

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The double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States protects against a second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal.

In this case the original indictment was filed on July 7,1983 and the full indictment is marked Appendix A * and is attached hereto and incorporated herein.

On June 7,1985 a superseding indictment was filed in this case in five counts charging only Benjamin Legón Crumpler and is attached as Appendix B.* (It was conceded in open court by counsel for Crumpler that Counts IV and V of the…