Legal Opinion
United States v. Tamez
District Court, E.D. Washington
Decided March 13, 1995No. CR-89-156-AAMPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING § 2255 MOTION
McDONALD, District Judge.
Before the court for resolution is petitioner/defendant Tamez’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Ct.Rec. 113). In that motion, Tamez asserts that his criminal case and the civil forfeiture actions against his property were separate proceedings constituting multiple punishments for the same offense. Tamez argues that his criminal conviction constituted a second punishment and therefore must be vacated by this court as a violation of the double jeopardy clause of the…
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