U.S. v. WONG

No. 94-30404.

62 F.3d 1212 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jackson WONG, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Goldsmith, Seattle, WA, for defendant-appellant.

Janet L. Freeman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: NOONAN and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and LEW, District Judge.


MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue in this appeal is whether administrative steps routinely taken prior to the formal institution of civil forfeiture proceedings, when combined with a criminal indictment arising out of the same facts, offend double jeopardy principles. We hold that they do not.

I.

Defendant Jackson Wong, a Canadian citizen, was arrested at the United States-Canadian border because he was in possession of counterfeit...

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