JONES v. U.S.

No. 95-CO-505.

669 A.2d 724 (1995)

George E. JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed Wilhite, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Magdalena A. Bell, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black, Julie A. Grohovsky, and Jeanne M. Hauck, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, RUIZ and REID, Associate Judges.


RUIZ, Associate Judge:

George E. Jones, the appellant, brings this interlocutory appeal from the Superior Court's denial of his motion to dismiss an indictment. Jones argues that two counts of the indictment are vague, and that the government's prosecution on those counts is barred by the principles of double jeopardy and collateral estoppel. We hold that because Jones has never been placed in jeopardy in a proceeding related to the charged offenses, there is no valid...

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