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U.S. v. SINGLETON

Nos. CR-91-0537-FMS, C-95-0885-FMS.

897 F.Supp. 1268 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Henry SINGLETON, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

June 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Nickerson, Sausalito, CA, for Henry E. Singleton.

William P. Schaefer, Asst. U.S. Atty., Organized Crime Strike Force, San Francisco, CA, for U.S.

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S § 2255 MOTION

FERN M. SMITH, District Judge.

ISSUE

The issue before the Court is whether a civil forfeiture to which a defendant explicitly consented in the plea agreement disposing of his criminal case, and which consent was a specifically bargained-for term of the agreement, violates his rights under the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. The Court finds that it does not.

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