United States v. Joseph George Helmich

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• rejecting argument that prosecution was barred by the statute of limitation because “the indictment on its face [did not] show[ ] that the limitations period had expired”
• conspiracy to transfer secret information lasted seventeen years after last act of transfer, until final payment was made
• defendant who pleads guilty can challenge their prosecution as time barred only insofar as the indictment on its face shows that the limitations period expired
• discretion of prosecutor in deciding whether and how to prosecute is absolute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).