U.S. v. Pritt, No. Crim. No. 6:98-00176-01 (S.D.W.Va.) (77 F.Supp.2d 743) (November 18, 1999) (Judge Joseph R. Goodwin)
Here the Court held that the mere fact that the trial court grants the defendant's motion for acquittal on some of the counts, but not on all, does not prove that the charges were frivolous or prosecuted in bad faith for purposes of the Hyde Amend.
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