Legal Opinion
United States v. Silvano Salinas
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 27, 1995No. 95-1450PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSiler, J., joined by Kennedy, J.,
WELLFORD, J. (p. 554), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant, Silvano Salinas, appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to quash the indictment against him on double jeopardy grounds. He asserts that the indictment against him for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana should have been dismissed because of an earlier administrative forfeiture of a vehicle registered to him. Because the earlier forfeiture did not constitute “punishment,” we affirm.
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On November 10, 1994, Salinas was indicted on charges of conspiracy to possess with…
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