UNITED STATES v. MEINSTER

No. 79-165-Cr-JLK.

475 F.Supp. 1093 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America v. Robert Jay MEINSTER, Robert Elliott Platshorn, Lynne Platshorn, Eugene Arter Myers, Randall Gene Fisher, Modesto Echezarreta-Cruz, Richard Elliott Grant, Jr., Raul Davila-Jimeno, Mark Steven Phillips, Carl Jerry London, Gregory Francis Poulos, Ronald Benton Elliott, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida.

September 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Cogan, Philadelphia, Pa., George A. Kokus, Miami, Fla., for Robert Jay Meinster.

Arnold C. Stream, Monasch, Chazen & Stream, New York City, for Robert Elliott Platshorn.

Melvin Kessler, Miami Beach, Fla., for Lynne Platshorn.

Rebekah J. Poston, Miami, Fla., for Eugene Arter Myers.

Samuel Sheres, Hallandale, Fla., for Randall Gene Fisher.

Gerald Kogan, Miami, Fla., for Modesto Echezarreta-Cruz.

Michael L. Brodsky, Miami, Fla., for Richard Elliott Grant, Jr.

Arthur W. Tifford, Miami, Fla., for Mark Stephen Phillips.

Denis Dean, Miami, Fla., for Carl Jerry London.

Joel Hirschhorn, Miami, Fla., for Gregory Francis Poulos.

Bruce H. Fleisher, Coral Gables, Fla., for Ronald Benton Elliott.


ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO DISMISS ON DOUBLE JEOPARDY GROUNDS

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.

This matter arose upon the motions of the defendants, Robert Platshorn, Robert Meinster, Richard Grant and Mark Phillips, to dismiss the charges filed against them as barred under the Double Jeopardy and Speedy Trial Clauses of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution. In addition, the defendant Phillips contends that his acquittal on...

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