Legal Opinion
United States v. Jesus Vega
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 23, 2006No. 06-1031PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we must decide which district court is the proper one to review conditions imposed on an individual who is charged with a crime in one district, but who is apprehended and arraigned in a different district. Relying on the plain language of 18 U.S.C. § 3145(a), the district court concluded that the answer is the place where the charges are pending — a conclusion that required it to dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction. We too read the statute that way, and we therefore affirm.
Jesus Vega was charged in the Eastern District of Virginia with conspiracy to…
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