Court Opinion

ID: 9464607
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 23:38:17.229108+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:38:43.795549
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ENGEL, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
Since in my opinion it is clear that the defendant had been put in jeopardy before the trial court entered its order suppressing the evidence, I concur in the conclusion that we are without jurisdiction to hear the government’s appeal. The language of 18 U.S.C. § 3731 is too clear to be ignored.
Aside from the plain command of the statute, the difficulty with the procedure followed by the district court is that it unduly suspends the adjudicatory process after jeopardy has attached and leads to unnecessary confusion and a very real danger that the final judgment may be rendered on stale and long-forgotten evidence.