HOME PAGE • HEADLINES • SECTIONS NEWS SPORTS    Betting Line BUSINESS LIFESTYLES NEON    Dining    Showguide    Nightlife    Movies    TV Listings OPINION    Columnists OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS    Auto Guide WEATHER REAL ESTATE   Archive Fun Stuff   Crosswords   Kids Area   Gallery Extras   Newspaper Subscription   Contact Us	Friday, February 04, 2000 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal Federal judge declares mistrial in drug case      Review-Journal       A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury failed to reach a unanimous decision on the drug-related charges against Andre McGee.       It was the second time the case had resulted in a hung jury. Assistant U.S. Attorney Walter Ayers said prosecutors will continue pursuing the case until McGee, 33, either pleads guilty or is acquitted by a jury.       "That's the only way we're going to give up on it," he said.       Visiting U.S. District Judge Justin Quackenbush of Spokane, Wash., has scheduled McGee's third trial for April 10.       Prosecutors have accused McGee of leading a conspiracy to sell crack cocaine in Las Vegas from 1990 through April 1997.       The defendant first went to trial in December 1998 before U.S. District Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. The case later was reassigned to Quackenbush.       While awaiting his second trial, McGee was allowed to live in Florida with his brother-in-law, Renaldo Wynn, a defensive end with the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. He is now being housed at a halfway house in Las Vegas.       Prosecutors have claimed McGee hid the proceeds of his drug sales in cars and real estate, which he put in other people's names. They also claim he gambled some of the money away.       After hearing all the evidence presented to jurors in his courtroom, Quackenbush dismissed 13 counts of money laundering earlier this week, leaving the jury to deliberate over two drug-related charges and two money laundering-related charges.       "We got 13 counts dismissed and we got a hung jury on the other four counts," defense attorney Thomas Pitaro said Thursday. "I'd rather have an acquittal on the remaining four counts, but a hung jury is better than a conviction."       The jury deliberated a total of about nine hours Wednesday and Thursday before the mistrial was declared. E-mail this story to a friend: Your friend's e-mail address: Your e-mail address: Give us your FEEDBACK on this or any story. BEST OF LAS VEGAS Fill out our Online Readers' Poll	Printable version of this story
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