Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit December 12, 2002, 02-20887 (United States v. Robert Nicholas Angleton)

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Robert Angleton was acquitted, in state court, of the murder of his wife. A federal grand jury then indicted him for the same murder. Angleton appeals, on grounds of double jeopardy, the denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment. Concluding that the dual sovereignty doctrine permits a successive prosecution, we affirm.

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