Legal Opinion
United States v. Bradford Burt, United States of America v. William L. Dennis, United States of America v. Roy Dean Snarr and James F. Rounsavall
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1980No. 80-1235, 80-1236 and 80-1242PublishedCited by 64 opinions
OPINION
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The defendants (Bradford Burt, William L. Dennis, James F. Rounsavall, and Roy Dean Snarr) bring this pretrial appeal from the denial of their motion to dismiss based on vindictive prosecution grounds. In an order filed April 21, 1980, we summarily affirmed the denial of their motion so that the trial could proceed. This opinion explains our reasons for affirming.
I. BACKGROUND
In early 1979, various California state law enforcement agencies began the investigation which eventually led to the indictments in the present case. 1 The investigation was conducted…
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