United States v. Bin Laden

Opinion

SAND, District Judge.

During the guilt phase of this case, the Court took two actions with respect to venue. First, in a ruling from the bench on April 23, 2001, we dismissed for lack of venue Count 308 of the Indictment 1 which alleges a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2). Second, in our charge to the jury delivered on May 9-10, 2001, we submitted 18 U.S.C. § 3238 as the sole basis upon which to determine venue for the four conspiracy counts. 2 This Opinion sets forth in detail the Court’s reasons for those two decisions.

I. DISMISSAL OF THE FALSE ^ STATEMENT COUNT 3

Count 308 of the…