Opinion ID: 596393
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Heading: Due Diligence exception to prosecution

Text: 58 Even if Reed's CCE prosecution was not barred by double jeopardy, it would have been prohibited under the due diligence exception to section 848 prosecutions enunciated in United States v. Boldin, 772 F.2d at 732. In Boldin, the court implied that the government was subject to a due diligence requirement that prevented it from bringing multiple prosecutions, even in the absence of a double jeopardy bar, where the government knew or should have known of the appellants' participation in a continuing series of violations of section 848 at the time of the prior prosecutions. Id. (citing Jeffers, 432 U.S. at 152, 97 S.Ct. at 2217 and Stricklin, 591 F.2d at 1124). A similar exception was mentioned in United States v. LeQuire, 943 F.2d 1554 (11th Cir.1991), but the court permitted that prosecution because the government proved that it had insufficient information at the time of the first prosecution to bring the later prosecuted RICO charges. Id. at 1560. 59 By not raising the CCE charge during the conspiracy to import trial, the government failed to exercise the due diligence required by Boldin, 772 F.2d at 732. As mentioned above, the timing of Reed's prior prosecution suggests that the government was aware of all overt acts alleged against Reed before the start of the Lehder/Reed trial.