Court Opinion

ID: 9465372
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 00:44:48.285297+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:39:09.131453
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BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge,
concurring in the result.
I concur in the result reached by Judge Barrett. In my opinion the defendant’s attorney did not consent to the dismissal of the jury and did not waive his client’s constitutional right to plead double jeopardy. The action of the trial judge in discharging the jury was an abuse of discretion. In Jorn v. United States, 400 U.S. 470, 486-487, 91 S.Ct. 547, 27 L.Ed.2d 543, the court held that abuse of discretion in granting a mistrial did not foreclose a subsequent double jeopardy plea. I believe that Jorn mandates application of double jeopardy in the case before us.
The action was not subject to dismissal for violation of the speedy trial act. The court made no effort to apply the balancing test which we have repeatedly held to be necessary. United States v. Stoddart, 10 Cir., 574 F,2d 1050, 1054.