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defendantjurisdictionappealtrialmotiondouble jeopardyhung jurymotion to dismiss

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United States v. Flores-Perez

Facts

Flores was arrested and charged with attempting to transport an illegal alien. His first trial resulted in a hung jury, and he subsequently faced a superseding indictment with additional charges. Flores moved to dismiss the superseding indictment on double jeopardy grounds, arguing that the original jeopardy had terminated. The district court denied his motion, leading to this appeal.

Flores was arrested and charged with attempting to transport an illegal alien. His first trial resulted in a hung jury, and he subsequently faced a superseding indictment with additional charges.

Issue

Did the district court err in denying Flores' motion to dismiss the superseding indictment on double jeopardy grounds?

Rule

A double jeopardy claim must be 'colorable' to be appealable before final judgment, meaning the original jeopardy must have terminated and the defendant must be in jeopardy for the same crime again. A superseding indictment does not terminate original jeopardy.

A double jeopardy claim must be 'colorable' to be appealable before final judgment, meaning the original jeopardy must have terminated and the defendant must be in jeopardy for the same crime again.

Analysis

The court applied the rule by determining that Flores' claim did not meet the criteria for a colorable double jeopardy claim. Since the first trial ended in a hung jury, original jeopardy had not terminated, and thus the filing of the superseding indictment did not bar retrial. The court referenced the precedent set in Richardson v. United States, which established that double jeopardy is not implicated in cases of mistrials due to hung juries.

The court applied the rule by determining that Flores' claim did not meet the criteria for a colorable double jeopardy claim.

Conclusion

The court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to review the district court's denial of the motion for acquittal and dismissed the appeal.

Who won?

The government prevailed in the case because the court found that the appeal was not colorable and thus lacked jurisdiction.

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