United States v. Edwards

DECISION AND ORDER

ADELMAN, District Judge.

Defendant Terri Denise Edwards challenges the sufficiency of count 4 of the superseding indictment for failure to assert an essential element of the crime. Count 4 charges Edwards with money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(l)(B)(i) and 2. 1 The indictment accuses Edwards only of “conducting] a financial transaction,” in language recited from § 1956(a)(1). However, the indictment fails to allege that the transaction satisfied § 1956’s definition of “financial transaction,” which requires that the transaction affect interstate commerce.…