United States v. Ezell Brown, Jr.

GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge:

What should have been a straightforward prosecution charging the defendant with lying in loan applications is now in its seventh year. The reason for the delay? Mostly problems involving venue, a "right [that] does not receive much attention these days, but was important enough to the Founders that it ... along with the related right to trial by jury are the only rules of criminal procedure included in both the original Constitution and Bill of Rights." United States v. Romans , 823 F.3d 299 , 325 (5th Cir. 2016) (Costa, J., concurring). The venue complication stems…