Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald D. Chick
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1995No. 94-30395PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Ronald Chick interloeutorily appeals the district court’s denial of a motion to dismiss his criminal prosecution on the basis of double jeopardy. Chick is charged with one count of conspiring to sell illegally modified satellite descramblers in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and § 2512(l)(b), and seventeen counts of selling descramblers in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2512(l)(b). Chick contends the criminal charges should be dismissed because he has already been subjected to punishment for the same offenses through a civil forfeiture action under 18 U.S.C. § 2513, which…
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