No date has been set for Crawford's federal trial. Calif. The indictment lists charges of money laundering, fraud, conspiracy and other crimes. Federal officials claim Crawford killed Brueggen to stop him from testifying in the fraud case. We have to review the case, but the state charge has no bearing on the federal charges. Cullers said that trying Crawford again in Brueggen's death does not constitute double jeopardy because the federal indictment accuses Crawford of preventing a federal witness from testifying.
Double jeopardy is a constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same offense.
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