United States v. William F. Griffin, Jr.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

The United States appeals from an order issued by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissing 12 counts in a 13 count indictment. The indictment had been returned by a federal grand jury sitting in the Southern District of West Virginia. For the convenience of the parties, the case was transferred for trial to the District of Massachusetts. Fed.R.Crim.P. 21(b). The court dismissed the 12 counts upon the belief that the charged offenses were committed in Massachusetts and thus fell beyond the indictment power of the grand jury in…