United States v. Amiel

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PLATT, District Judge.

Defendants Kathryn Amiel, Joanne Amiel and Sarina Amiel move this Court for an Order dismissing the Superseding Indictment against them on the ground that their convictions thereunder constitute a second criminal punishment in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. For the reasons set forth below, the Court hereby denies the defendants’ motion.

BACKGROUND

In a Superseding Indictment, dated March 2, 1992, the Government charged Kathryn, Joanne and Sarina Amiel 1 with thirty (30) Counts of Postal and Interstate Wire Fraud, as well…