Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Jay Clementi
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 1, 1995No. 95-2079PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Richard Jay Clementi appeals from the district court’s1 denial of his motion to dismiss an indictment against him. Clementi contends that the indictment violates the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment because he has already suffered a forfeiture of property for the same offense. We affirm.
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The following facts are undisputed. In February 1994, the government seized 38 weapons from dementi’s residence and place of business. Because Clementi had previously been convicted of a felony, his possession of the weapons was illegal under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1). In March…
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