COLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 21-CO-368.

267 A.3d 1065 (2022)

Victor L. COLEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 27, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sicilia C. Englert for appellant.

Anne Y. Park , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Channing D. Phillips , Acting United States Attorney, and Chrisellen R. Kolb , Elizabeth H. Danello , Jeffrey S. Nestler , and Rachel A. Fletcher , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before Glickman, Thompson, and Beckwith, Associate Judges.


Victor Coley challenges on interlocutory appeal the trial court's denial of his motion to dismiss the charges against him on double jeopardy grounds. Mr. Coley argues that jeopardy had attached when the trial court discharged his as-yet unsworn jury and that proceeding to trial would violate his Fifth Amendment protection...

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