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- Title: United States v. Woods
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Release Date : January 23, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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Per Curiam: This interlocutory appeal is before the court to consider Jarrett Woods's argument that his ongoing criminal prosecution unconstitutionally places him in double jeopardy.1 He contends that the harm he suffered as sole owner of a savings and loan association that was placed in receivership by the government amounted to a punishment for purposes of the Fifth Amendment.2 He argues that the current prosecution, on a 37-count indictment relating to bank fraud, thus seeks to punish him for the same conduct for which he was punished by the receivership. He contends that this attempt to punish him is in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.