Paul Santo Orlando v. United States

Our decision in this case affirming the judgment of conviction became final on June 29, 1967 (Orlando v. United States, 9 Cir., 377 F.2d 667). Orlando desired to petition the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari and we therefore stayed the issuance of our mandate. On August 4, 1967 the government filed a motion in which it requested that we vacate the judgment of conviction and remand the cause to the District Court with directions to dismiss the indictment. On September 9, 1967, presumably in reliance upon the governments motion, Orlando abandoned his petition for certiorari. The governments motion is accompanied by a letter to the United States Attorney from the Attorney General in which it is stated that the institution of the prosecution of Orlando which resulted in his conviction is contrary to the policy of the department, which is that several offenses arising out of a single transaction should be alleged and tried together, and should not be made the basis of multiple prosecutions. This policy was the basis of comparable motions which were granted by the Supreme Court in Petite v. United States, 1960, 361 U.S. 529, 80 S. Ct. 450, 4 L. Ed. 2d 490, and in Marakar v. United States, 1962, 370 U.S. 723, 82 S. Ct. 1573, 8 L. Ed. 2d 803. We agree with the government that this is also an appropriate case in which to take similar action. It is therefore