United States v. Derrick

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judges WIDENER and NIEMEYER joined. Judge WIDENER wrote a separate concurring opinion.

*803OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, the United States of America, appeals from the order of the federal district court for the District of South Carolina, dismissing with prejudice five indictments returned in the aftermath of the so called Operation Lost Trust investigation into political corruption in the South Carolina Statehouse in the early 1990s. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the opinion of the district…