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U.S. v. Palomares, No. 96-3587 (7th Cir.) (119 F.3d 556) (July 16, 1997) (Judge Harlington Jr. Wood)

Here the Court agreed that the basic purpose of Rule 48(a) was "to check the common law power of prosecutors to enter a nolle prosequi before jeopardy attaches and then proceed to reindict the defendant on basically the same charges and evidence." (Id., at 558).

The defendant argued that the ...

 

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