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United States v. Rodriguez-Moreno

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 30, 1999No. 97-1139PublishedCited by 305 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas

This ease presents the question whether venue in a prosecution for using or carrying a firearm “during and in relation to any crime of violence,” in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 924(e)(1), is proper in any district where the crime of violence vías committed, even if the firearm was used or carried only in a single district.

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During a drug transaction that took place in Houston, Texas, a New York drug dealer stole 80 kilograms of a Texas drug distributor’s cocaine. The distributor hired respondent, Jacinto Rodríguez-Moreno, and others to find the dealer and to hold captive the middleman in the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Hyde v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. United States v. LombardoSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  3. United States v. CabralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  4. Travis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. United States v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946

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3Cited by305 opinions

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  2. Castillo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. United States v. Linette Perez, United States of America v. Juancho Alcantera, United States of America v. Edmundo BatoonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
  4. United States v. Alan N. ScottCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  5. United States v. KuehneCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008

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