United States v. Robert Garcia, Jane Lee Garcia and Ralph Vallone, Jr., Robert Garcia and Jane Lee Garcia

PRATT, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Robert and Jane Garcia appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District Court of New York, Leonard B. Sand, Judge, denying their motion, made on double jeopardy grounds, to bar their retrial and to dismiss the remaining counts of their indictment. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

In November of 1988 Robert and Jane Garcia were indicted on charges of bribery, receiving illegal gratuities, and both substantive and conspiracy counts of extortion in connection with Robert Garcia’s congressional activities on behalf…