In Re United States of America, United States of America v. Ray Cowan and Jack Jacobsen, Wayne O. Woodruff, Special Prosecutors

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1975-12-08

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MURRAH, Circuit Judge: The first sentence of Rule 48(a) Fed.R. Crim.P. provides that “The Attorney General or the United States attorney may by leave of court file a dismissal of an indictment, information or complaint and the prosecution shall thereupon terminate.” In our case the trial judge, the Honorable Robert M. Hill, denied the United States Attorney’s motion under Rule 4…

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