United States v. Juan Salinas

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• finding that “statement by the prosecutor raised a clear inference of absence of good faith”
• explaining that “prosecu- torial harassment involves charging, dismissing, and subsequently commencing another prosecution at a different time or place deemed more favorable to the prosecution”
• holding trial court erred by granting government's motion to dismiss because government acted in bad faith in moving to dismiss after jury selected because it disliked jury composition
• holding trial court erred by granting government’s motion to dismiss because government acted in bad faith in moving to dismiss after jury selected because it disliked jury composition
• finding bad faith where the government dismissed the case to obtain a better jury, a jury more to its liking
• finding prosecution's voluntary dismissal of initial indictment in order to get a more favorable jury on a superseding indictment sufficient to overcome presumption of good faith in initial Rule 48(a) dismissal

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