U.S. v. LOPEZ

No. 95-1193.

93 F.3d 694 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnny Joe LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:*

Michael G. Katz, Federal Public Defender, and Susan L. Foreman, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.

Henry L. Solano, United States Attorney, and John M. Hutchins, Assistant United States Attorney, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before TACHA, Circuit Judge, BALDOCK, Circuit Judge, and McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.


McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case involves the jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

On September 29, 1992, a federal parole violation arrest warrant was issued for Johnny Joe Lopez, the appellant. It was executed on January 13, 1993, at Lopez' apartment in Westminster, Colorado. An ensuing search of his apartment revealed eight kilograms of cocaine, twenty kilograms of marijuana, approximately $100,000 in United...

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