U.S. v. Barner, No. 04-13384 (11th Cir.) (441 F.3d 1310) (March 10, 2006) (Judge John R. Gibson)
This Eleventh Circuit appeal addressed an interesting claim of prosecutorial vindictiveness. After Javado Barner succeeded in getting the district court to dismiss most of the charges against him, the government obtained a superseding indictment (its fifth) that dramatically increased the severity of the remaining charges against Barner. Barner moved to ...
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