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U.S. v. DJOUMESSI

No. 07-1740.

538 F.3d 547 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph DJOUMESSI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 20, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bradley R. Hall, Federal Defender Office, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Sarah E. Harrington, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Bradley R. Hall, Andrew N. Wise, Federal Defender Office, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Sarah E. Harrington, Jessica Dunsay Silver, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Before: SUTTON and COOK, Circuit Judges; ROSE, District Judge.

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

The federal government successfully prosecuted Joseph Djoumessi for violating one (happily) obscure statute — holding someone in involuntary servitude — and for violating another less obscure statute — harboring an alien for private financial gain. Djoumessi claims that the charges violated his rights under the Double Jeopardy Clause and that the government failed to support the involuntary-servitude conviction...

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