UNITED STATES v. PARR

No. 78-1997.

589 F.2d 474 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mark PARR, Catherine Parr, Ashley Allen, Compass, Inc., and C.C.M., Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiff-appellant.

V. DeVoe Heaton (argued), Las Vegas, Nev., for defendants-appellees.

Before CHOY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and WATERS, District Court.


PER CURIAM:

The indictment which the trial court dismissed at best was very poorly drafted. To assure the defendants a fair trial and to immunize any resulting conviction from reversal on appeal would require, to the extent possible, that the trial judge charge the jury with great care and precision. It is far more just and expedient to require the prosecution to obtain a satisfactorily drafted superseding indictment. We think the trial court's dismissal of the indictment...

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