Legal Opinion
United States v. Lee Williams
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 20, 2001No. 99-2157PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
Lee Williams was indicted and convicted by a jury for one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. On appeal, Williams raises many issues, but we need not reach most of them because we conclude, as a matter of law, that venue was not proper in Michigan where the case was tried and that the district court erred in denying Williams’s motion to change venue.
Therefore, we will reverse the judgment of conviction.
I
Lee Williams became involved in the drug conspiracy when Ronald Carboni, a government informant,…
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