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U.S. v. ANGLETON

No. 02-20887.

314 F.3d 767 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Nicholas ANGLETON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine L. Haden (argued), James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Samuel J. Buffone (argued), Robert John Koracev, Ropes & Gray, Washington, DC, Michael Wayne Ramsey, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Robert Angleton was acquitted, in state court, of the murder of his wife. A federal grand jury then indicted him for the same murder. Angleton appeals, on grounds of double jeopardy, the denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment. Concluding that the dual sovereignty doctrine permits a successive prosecution, we affirm.

I.

In April 1997, Doris Angleton was shot to death in her Houston home. At the time, she was...

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