UNITED STATES v. LANSDOWN

No. 72-1066.

460 F.2d 164 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Louis Glenwood LANSDOWN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Duvall and Douglas E. Bywater, Fairfax, Va., for appellant.

Justin W. Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, BUTZNER and FIELD, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

In defendant's first trial for armed bank robbery and conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, a mistrial was declared over defendant's objection. The district court took this action because it believed that the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. Defendant then moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that jeopardy had attached at his first trial and a retrial would violate his constitutional guarantee against double jeopardy. When the district...

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