Legal Opinion
United States v. Levy Auto Parts of Canada, United States of America v. Morris P. Levy, Al Raskin
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1986No. 85-5006, 85-5026PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:
We are confronted with the difficult question of whether venue for the prosecution of a foreign conspiracy may properly be laid, under 18 U.S.C.A. § 3238, in the district in which a co-conspirator was first arrested, when the indictment alleges minimal contacts with another district arguably sufficient to have warranted prosecution there under 18 U.S.C.A. § 3237(a). The district court held the contacts with the Western District of Michigan preempted venue in the Eastern District of Virginia, where the co-conspirator was first arrested, and dismissed the…
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