United States v. Thomas Clinton Martin and Thomas Ray Martin

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, father and son, were convicted upon a bench trial of a conspiracy to import marijuana into the United States from the Bahamas and to possess marijuana with intent to distribute it, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963. On appeal, they contend that the district court erred in denying their motions to dismiss the indictment on grounds of former jeopardy; and that their convictions were obtained in violation of the federal policy against multiple prosecutions for the same offense. Finding no merit in these contentions, we affirm the judgments appealed from.

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