In a money laundering prosecution, denial of defendants’ motions for acquittal on Double Jeopardy grounds is affirmed where the Double Jeopardy Clause did not categorically foreclose a new trial because the conspiracy charges in the indictment were considerably broader in scope than the wire fraud charges on which defendants were acquitted.
Read US v. Wittig, No. 08-3220
Appellate Information
Filed August 10, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Gorsuch
Counsel
For Appellants:
Maxwell Carr-Howard, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP, Kansas City, MO
Patrick A. McInerney, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP, Kansas City, MO
For Appellee:
Richard L. Hathaway, Senior Litigation Counsel, United States Attorney’s Office,Topeka, KS
Marietta Parker, Acting United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office,Topeka, KS
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