United States v. John Martin Huffman

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Huffman has brought this timely direct appeal of his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 659 for theft from an interstate shipment.1 His primary contentions on appeal are (1) that his prosecution violated the Fifth Amendment guarantee against double jeopardy, (2) that the Government should have been collaterally estopped from introducing evidence on certain issues at his trial, and (3) that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial has been violated.

Viewing the record in the light most favorable to the Government as we must on this appeal from a guilty…