Legal Opinion
United States v. Davis
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 28, 1991No. Crim. A. No. 89-0172-02 (JHG)Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.
On December 14, 1990, Michael L. Davis was acquitted of a federal bribery charge.1 The jury was unable to reach unanimity on the other count and a mistrial was therefore declared. The defendant has moved to dismiss the remaining local count in the indictment (Count One) on the ground that the Court should not exercise its discretion to retain jurisdiction over this count now that the federal charge no longer exists. The Government urges the Court to retain jurisdiction and retry this defendant in this Court on the local charge. For the following reasons,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. Melvin E. Jackson, United States of America v. John JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- In Re United States of America v. Jane Kember and Morris Budlong, Mary Sue Hubbard, Henning Heldt, Richard Weigand, and Gregory WillardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Jane Kember, United States of America v. Morris BudlongCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Cornelius J. KoritkoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- United States v. SmithDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1990