CLARK, Circuit Judge:
The issue of double jeopardy raised by this appeal turns on the propriety of a pre-verdict discharge of the jury which first tried defendant. At his second trial, defendant was convicted by a jury of possession with intent to distribute approximately 2,296 pounds of marijuana. 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Far from depicting indifference to the defendant's right to the first jury's verdict, the record shows a "harried" trial judge attempting to...
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