United States v. Melba Asset, Deceased, Garland Jarvis, of the Estate of Deceased Melba Asset

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• \The rule of abatement has never been applied to require the return of money paid by a defendant prior to his death....\
• \The rule of abatement has never been applied to require the return of money paid by a defendant prior to his death....\
• “[T]he courts have consistently interpreted the abatement principle to apply only to penal aspects of the criminal proceeding.”
• “It is well established in this circuit that the death of a criminal defendant pending an appeal of his of her case abates, ab initio, the entire criminal proceeding.”
• “The rule of abatement has never been applied to require the return of money paid by a defendant prior to Ms death and has, in fact, been held inapplicable to fines— obviously penal—paid by a defendant before his death.”

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