# Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Arnoldt v. United States

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Petition for Writ of Certiorari
- **Published:** January 1, 1992
- **Citation:** 503 U.S. 983

## Text

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IN THE

Supreme Court of the United States#N 2 1992

OCTOBER TERM, 1991 Of; OF THE CLERK

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GARLAND ARNOLDT,
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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GARLAND ARNOLDT, a k a SHAGG, ete.,

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit

PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

| LEONARD KAPLAN
| Assistant! Federal Public
| Defender
Office of the Federal Public
Defender
2307 United States Courthouse
500 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25301
(394) 343-9551
(FTS) 930-5165
Counsel of Record for Petitioner
wy Arnoldt ve USA,

BARBARA H. LUPTON

(Admitted to Supreme Court as
Barbara H. Fleisher)

MASTERS & TAYLOR, L.C.

4th Floor, Peoples Bldg.

179 Summers Street

Charleston, WV 25301

(304) 342-3106

Counsel of Record for Petitioner
in Arnoldt,a/k/a
Shagg v. U.S.A.

WILSON - EPES PRINTING Co., INC. - 789-0096 - WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001

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QUESTIONS PRESENTED

1. Does 28 U.S.C. $ 636 permit a magistrate to accept
a verdict in a felony trial if the defendant affirmatively
consents?

2. Does 28 U.S.C. $ 636 permit a magistrate to accept
a verdict in a felony trial if the defendant does not af-
firmatively consent but fails to object?

3. Is the scope of 28 U.S.C. $ 636(b) (3) limited by
Fed. R. Crim. P. 25?

4. If 28 U.S.C. § 636 permits a magistrate to accept
a verdict in a felony trial under some circumstances, is
the statute consistent with Article III under those circum-
stances if the magistrate’s actions are effectively unre-
viewable by the district court?

5. Does the Double Jeopardy Clause bar prosecution
on RICO charges. 18 U.S.C. $$ 1962(¢) & (d), where in
order to establish predicate acts of racketeering, an es-
sential element of the charges, the government will prove
conduct that constitutes offenses for which the defendant
has already been prosecuted?

(i)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTS SI ice na ne 2
STATUTORY PROVISIONS INVOLVED .......__. 2
STATEMENT OF THE CASE ................... 2
REASONS FOR GRANTING THE PETITION __. 3
I. INTRODUCTION TO ISSUES INVOLVING
FEDERAL MAGISTRATES ACT .......__.. 3
Il. ACCEPTANCE OF A VERDICT .............. 5
ec cnccn itive veceicdnc de acnuccculesee 13
IV. FED.R.CRIM.P. 26 ................................................ 17
V. CONSTITUTIONAL INFIRMITY ................... 18
VI. THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLAUSE AND
“COMPOUND-COMPLEX FELONIES” _. 20
UN ccc cckce ccc eaciecceucce aoe ONE 23
APPENDIX
A. Opinion of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit—October 11,1991 ._. la
B. Order of the United States District Court for
the Southern District of West Virginia, Denying
Motion to Dismiss—March 23, 1989 ............ 17a

C. Except of Trial Transcript, United States Dis-
trict Court for the Southern District of West
Virginia, Denying Motion for Judgment of
Acquittal—March 23, 1989 _.................. Res ns 19a

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D. Order of the United States District Court for
the Southern District of West Virginia, Deny-
ing Post-Trial Motion for Judgment of Acquit-
tal— August 29, 1989 ........

E. Statutory Provisions !nvolved
1. Title 28 U.S.C. § 636(a), (b), (c)
Title 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), (d)

Fed.R.Crim.P. 25

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

CASES: Page
Adventures in Good Eating v. Best Places to Eat,
131 F.2d 809 (7th Cir. 1942) 12
Allen v. United States, 921 F.2d 78 (6th Cir.
1990), cert. denied, 111 S.Ct. 78 (1991) 11
Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299
ED pos prc tee ee ee sttonde 20-21
Freytag v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
111 S.Ct. 2681 (17901) .......................... 5, 7, 18, 19-20
Garrett v. United States, 471 U.S. 773 (1985) ......... 22

Gomez v. United States, 109 S.Ct. 2237 (1989) ....... passim
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Paniagua,

922 F.2d 178 (3rd Cir. 1990). 9-10
Grady v. Corbin, 110 S.Ct. 2084 (1990)
Illinois v. Vitale, 447 U.S. 410 (1980)
Matthews v. Weber, 423 U.S. 261 CRIED eiccsecesecassen 4-10
Peretz v. United States, 111 S.Ct. 2661 (1991) _. passim
Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal.,

Ci US. OO) Oe — 8
United States v. Gonzalez, 921 F.2d 1530 (11t

Cir.), petition for cert. filed, No. 90-7857 (U.S.

AEE Te; THOR eee 22-23
United States v. Day, 789 F.2d 1217 (6th Cir.

1986) sacha awals en cedareddanie aerie e e nie 9-13
United States v. Jones, 938 F.2d 737 (7th Cir.

i | ie NS einem ue eliente Le 17

United States v. Pungitore, 910 F.2d 1084 (38rd

Cir. 1990), cert. denied, 111 S.Ct. 2009 (1991).. 22-23
United States v. Raddatz, 447 U.S. 667 (1980) _ passim
United States v. Rivera-Sola, 713 F.2d 866 (1st

Cir. 1983) me Rahs FOE Nore hace I 9 A RO 12
United States v. Sawyers, 902 F.2d 1217 (6th Cir.

1980), cert. denied, 111 S.Ct. 2895 (1991) 17
United States v. Trice, 864 F.2d 1421 (8th Cir.

1988), cert. dismissed, 491 U.S. 914 (1989) ___. 13

Wingo v. Wedding, 418 U.S. 461 (1974)
U.S. CONSTITUTION:

Article ITI Reese .... 18-19
Double Jeopardy Clause, US. Const., Amend. V____-.21--23

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Title 18 U.S.C. $ 1962

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United States Code, to use or invest, directly or indirectly,

part of such income, or the proceeds of such income,
icquisition of any interest in, or the establishment or
ypperation of, any enterprise which is engaged in, or the
ctivities of which affect, interstate or foreign commerce.
A purchase of securities n the open market for purposes
of investment, and without the intention of controlling or
participating in the control of the issuer, or of assisting
another to do so, shall not be unlawful under this sub-
section if the securities of the issuer held by the pur-
‘haser, the members of his immediate family, and his or
heir accomplices in any pattern or racketeering activity
or the collection of an unlawful debt after such purchase
do not amount in the aggregate to one percent of the out-
standing securities of any one class, and do not confer,
either in law or in fact, the power to elect one or more
directors of the issuer.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person through a pat-
tern of racketeering activity or through collection of an
unlawful debt to acquire or maintain, directly or indi-
rectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise which
is engaved in, or the activities of which affect, interstate
or foreign commerce.

(¢) It shall be unlawful for any person employed by or

associated with any enterprise engaged in, or the activities

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of which affect, interstate or foreign commerce, to conduct
or participate, directly or indirectly, in the conduct of
such enterprise’s affairs through a pattern of racketeering
activity or collection of unlawful debt.

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(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to conspire to

violate any of the provisions of subsections’ (a), (bi, or
( OI tnis section

Fed. R. Crim. P. 25
Rule 25. Judge; Disability

(a) DURING TRIAL. If by reason of death, sic!:ness
or other disability the judge before whom a jury tria!
has commenced is unable to proceed with the trial, any
other judge regularly sitting in or assigned 10 the court,
upon certifying familiarity with the record of the trial,

may proceed with and finish the trial.

(b) AFTER VERDICT OR FINDING OF GUILT. If
by reason of absence, death, sickness or other disability
the judge before whom the defendant has been tried is
unable to perform the duties to be performed by the court
after a verdict or finding of guilt, any other judge regu-
larly sitting in or assigned to the court may perform
those duties; but if that judge is satisfied that a judge
who did not preside at the trial cannot perform those
duties or that it is appropriate for any other reason, that
judge may grant a new trial.

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