Court Opinion

ID: 9773403
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 17:44:47.868745+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:53.397440
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HOGAN, Judge,
concurring.
I concur on the ground that the defendant’s claim of double jeopardy has been waived. I am convinced that the law applicable to this case, and dispositive of the appeal on its merits, is that a criminal defendant must assert a claim of double jeopardy by motion prior to trial or waive that defense. United States v. Bascaro, 742 F.2d 1335, 1365[50] (11th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 472 U.S. 1017, 105 S.Ct. 3476, 87 L.Ed.2d 613 (1985). I realize the defendant could not have pled autrefois convict in the usual manner, but he could have challenged the information before trial and his failure to do so, in my view, amounted to a waiver. See United States v. Romano, 736 F.2d 1432, 1441-42[13] (11th Cir.1984), vacated as moot, 755 F.2d 1401 (11th Cir.1985). With deference, I see no reason to struggle with a confounding legal question which is not in this case.