UNITED STATES v. CABRALES

No. 97-643.

524 U.S. 1 (1998)

UNITED STATES v. CABRALES

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm L. Stewart argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Keeney, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Daniel S. Goodman.

John W. Rogers, by appointment of the Court, 522 U.S. 1106, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.


Justice Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a question of venue, specifically, the place appropriate for trial on charges of money laundering in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(ii) (conducting a financial transaction to avoid a transaction-reporting requirement) and § 1957 (engaging in a monetary transaction in criminally derived property of a value greater than $10,000). The laundering alleged in the indictment occurred...

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