U.S. v. DERRICK

Nos. 97-4230, 97-4231 and 97-4232.

163 F.3d 799 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul Wayne DERRICK, Defendant-Appellee. Dale L. DuTremble; E. Bart Daniel; Richard Greer, Amici Curiae, and Charleston Post and Courier, Movant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jefferson Marion Long, Jr., a/k/a Bud, Defendant-Appellee. Dale L. DuTremble; E. Bart Daniel; Richard Greer; Alva Taylor Brown, Personal Representative of the Estate of Luther Langford Taylor; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amici Curiae, and Charleston Post and Courier, Movant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry Blanding, Defendant-Appellee. Dale L. DuTremble; E. Bart Daniel; Richard Greer; Estate of Benjamin J. Gordon, Jr., a/k/a B.J. Gordon; Alva Taylor Brown, Personal Representative of the Estate of Luther Langford Taylor; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amici Curiae, and Charleston Post and Courier, Movant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Elizabeth Dorsey Collery, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Dale L. DuTremble, Charleston, South Carolina; Gedney Main Howe, III, Charleston, South Carolina, for Amici Curiae DuTremble, Daniel and Greer. Joel Wyman Collins, Jr., Collins & Lacy, P.C., Columbia, South Carolina; Jack Bruce Swerling, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. Marvin David Miller, Alexandria, Virginia; Lionel S. Lofton, Charleston, South Carolina; Joel W. Collins, Jr., Collins & Lacy, P.C., Columbia, South Carolina, for Amici Curiae Association, Gordon, and Estate of Taylor. ON BRIEF: John C. Keeney, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. James E. Bell, III, Bell & Moore, Sumter, South Carolina, for Appellee Blanding. Lisa B. Kemler, Zwerling & Kemler, Alexandria, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae Association.

Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.


Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judges WIDENER and NIEMEYER joined. Judge WIDENER wrote a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, the United States of America, appeals from the order of the federal district court for the District of South Carolina, dismissing with prejudice five indictments returned in the aftermath...

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