United States v. Fields

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “although general ly a dismissal by the government does not bar reinstitution of a prosecution, an exception is made where there has been a harassment of a defendant”
• holding, in the alternative, that dismissal of second indictment against defendant was appropriate under the theory that “the government is not free to indict, dismiss, and reindict solely to achieve a more favorable prosecutorial posture”
• dismissing first indictment with prejudice after second indictment revealed “inappropriate conduct” by Government, functionally “vitiating the second indictment”
• dismissing second indictment with prejudice where initial indictment was sought only to secure defendant's cooperation as a witness
• “[T]he government is not free to indict, dismiss, and reindict solely to achieve a more favorable prosecutorial posture.”
• “[T]he government is not free to indict, dismiss, and reindict solely to achieve a more favorable prosecutorial posture.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Tenth Circuit· 1984-01-23· cited 49×
• United States v. Cook
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1982-03-22· cited 23×
• United States v. Poindexter
  District of Columbia· 1989-07-25· cited 21×
• State v. Eder
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1985-07-18· cited 20×
• Flakes v. Percy
  W.D. Wisconsin· 1981-04-10· cited 14×
• United States v. Rosenberg
  S.D. New York· 2000-05-10· cited 5×
• United States v. Borges
  District of Columbia· 2015-12-31· cited 5×
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  First Circuit· 2021-09-20· cited 3×
• Matthew A. Carabajal v. The State of Wyoming
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2020-08-10· cited 2×
• State v. Mohave County Justice Court
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-08-23· cited 1×
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  District of Columbia· 2010-01-19
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  District of Columbia· 2022-05-02
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Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Brady v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-04· cited 7,191×
• Berger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1935-04-15· cited 4,581×
• Bordenkircher v. Hayes
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-06· cited 2,683×
• Blackledge v. Perry
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-20· cited 1,945×
• Klopfer v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-13· cited 1,817×
• Service v. Dulles
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-17· cited 860×
• United States v. Virgil D. Dardi, Robert B. Gravis, Charles Rosenthal and Charles Berman
  Second Circuit· 1964-03-17· cited 196×
• United States v. Robert Louis Ammidown, United States of America v. Robert L. Ammidown
  D.C. Circuit· 1974-05-10· cited 193×
• United States v. Joseph D. Beasley, M.D., United States of America v. Oscar E. Kramer, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-05-10· cited 65×
• United States v. Sweig
  S.D. New York· 1970-06-15· cited 59×
• Robert A. Woodring v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1963-02-01· cited 57×
• United States v. Greater Blouse, Skirt & Neckwear Con. Ass'n
  S.D. New York· 1964-04-13· cited 55×
• United States v. Kleen Laundry & Cleaners, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1974-08-09· cited 43×
• In the Matter of the Grand Jury Subpoena Served on John Doe
  Second Circuit· 1976-12-09· cited 19×
• United States v. Brannon
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-08-09· cited 9×