Legal Opinion
United States v. Wiley Gene Wilson, United States of America v. Wiley Gene Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2001No. 00-4767, 00-4807PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Senior Judge ALARCON joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
On the motion of Wiley Gene Wilson, the district court dismissed an indictment charging him with escape on the ground that the prosecution was motivated by vindictiveness. The court found that the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina prosecuted Wilson on the request of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina solely in furtherance of personal animus against Wilson based on…
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