Legal Opinion

United States v. Mary Catherine Mize

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 14, 1987No. 86-2353PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This case comes before us for a second time. On the first appeal, we reversed the conviction of the defendant, Mary Mize, because of a constructive amendment of the indictment at trial 756 F.2d 353. After being reindicted and retried, Mize appeals her second conviction, contending that her second trial was prohibited by the double jeopardy clause and the Speedy Trial Act. We find that her double jeopardy claim was foreclosed by our decision in her previous appeal and that her retrial began within the time limitations provided by the Speedy Trial Act. Accordingly, we…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. United States v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. United States v. Loud HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. United States v. Barry Jay FeldmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  5. United States v. Mark A. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. De La Beckwith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. United States v. James L. Kington and Don EarneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
  3. United States v. Refugio GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. FarrCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. Eccehomo Velgar-Vivero, Jose Antonio Torres-Tirado and Eulices Rivas-CordovaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994

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