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UNITED STATES v. RAMSEY

No. 84-5279.

774 F.2d 95 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Janice RAMSEY, Ruby Burrell, and Herbert Frisbee, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Karriker, Asheville, N.C., for appellants.

Charles R. Brewer, U.S. Atty., Asheville, N.C. (Jerry W. Miller, Asst. U.S. Atty., Asheville, N.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before WIDENER, PHILLIPS and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges.

SNEEDEN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns a single question: Does a state administrative action for the unauthorized use of food stamps preclude a subsequent federal criminal prosecution of the same defendants? The district court held the prior state action is no bar to federal prosecution. We agree.

I.

A state administrative hearing resulted in the determination that appellants fraudulently obtained food stamps. They were disqualified from the...

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