United States Fourth Circuit

Venue is improper where a drug courier received and laundered money completely outside the district court's of juridiction, despite the fact that drug proceeds were obtained in the district court's juridiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2000
• Decided 07/06/2001
• Published 07/06/2001

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Samuel Warrenton Meekins, Jr., Wolcott, Rivers, Wheary, Basnight & Kelly, P.C., Virginia Beach, VA, for Appellant, Livingston;  Christopher Ford Cowan, Cowan, North & Lafratta, L.L.P., Richmond, VA, for Appellant Stewart;  Charles Russell Burke, Virginia Beach, VA, for Appellant, Simms. Fernando Groene, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, VA, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  David M. Bastiaans, Wolcott, Rivers, Wheary, Basnight & Kelly, P.C., Virginia Beach, VA, for Appellant, Livingston.  Helen F. Fahey, United States Attorney, Sharilyn Yountz, Third Year Law Student, Norfolk, VA, for Appellee.